English-Danish translations for tenable

• holdbar
  Der findes to fuldstændigt gyldige og holdbare synspunkter. There are two perfectly valid, tenable points of view.
  Denne tilstand er ikke længere holdbar. This situation is no longer tenable.
  Det er jeg klar over, det fremgår af traktaten, men spørgsmålet er naturligvis, om det på lang sigt er en holdbar løsning. That is how it is provided for in the Treaty, but the question is, of course, whether that is tenable in the long term.

Definition of tenable

• capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
• Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
• Fit for habitation, similar, or related use

Examples

• Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwins theory of evolution to be tenable at all.

Related words

• untenable
• unlistenable
• shortenable