English-Italian translations for untenable

• inconsistente
• indifendibile
  Ciò ha reso la sua posizione indifendibile. That made his position untenable.
  Questa situazione è instabile, indifendibile e insostenibile. This situation is unstable, untenable and unsustainable.
  Mi sembra una posizione indifendibile e, in ogni caso, dannosa. That appears to me to be an untenable, and in any event harmful, position.
• insostenibile
  Si tratta di una situazione insostenibile. This is an untenable situation.
  Qualunque alternativa sarebbe insostenibile. Anything else would be untenable.
  E' una situazione insostenibile a lungo termine. This is untenable in the long run.

Definition of untenable

• Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position; unholdable, indefensible
• Unfit for habitation

Examples

• The theory of cold fusion was untenable.

Related words

• countenance
• discountenanced
• discountenance