untenable

Example Sentences

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“That seems like it could become a politically untenable situation, especially if gas prices are also high.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

Even so, the hours-long security lines at airports are also becoming untenable as Transportation Security Administration agents call in sick or quit because they aren’t getting paid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

In reality, the Croat's position is looking increasingly untenable, every scrap of evidence produced since he succeeded Thomas Frank suggesting he is the wrong man in the wrong place.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

One Afghan trader who had gone to Iran's central city of Isfahan thought "maybe the situation would get better", but it quickly became untenable.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

For some non-Jews, such as Erwin Schrödinger and nuclear chemist Max Delbrück, the situation was morally untenable.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee