INDEFENSIBLE


Meaning of INDEFENSIBLE in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

morally

Such a degree of hypocrisy can not be tolerated; it is morally indefensible , and in defiance of the rule of law.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

It is indefensible that in such a rich country so many people are poor.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

For a side that prides itself on its parsimonious nature, the case for the defence was frankly indefensible .

If the hearings uncover some incontrovertible evidence of corruption he could look like a defender of the indefensible .

If you came across a child drowning in a pond, then it would be indefensible not to act.

The first proposal struck us as scientifically dubious, and the second as intellectually indefensible .

There is no advantage to be gained by Opposition Members seeking to defend the indefensible .

Valdez knew the score -- the deal was indefensible .

We are forced to defend a system we know to be indefensible .

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