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indefensible

[in-di-fen-suh-buhl] / ˌɪn dɪˈfɛn sə bəl /


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If she weren’t such an indefensible character, Bondi’s efforts to save her job would be sad.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Though he had - as he put it - "defended the indefensible" by arguing against the removal of hereditary peers, the earl has accepted his fate and was not "unduly distressed by it".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Yet his indefensible opinion in Konan invites precisely that risk.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

“The absence of an official transcript is an indefensible demand.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Discarded on the floor is the Ptolemaic system, which became indefensible when Galileo discovered the phases of Venus, and Ptolemy himself lies slumped in the background.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton