English Dictionary

untenable

形容詞

Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position. / Unfit for habitation.

日本語の意味

主張や立場が維持できず、防御や弁護が成立しない状態 / 居住に適さず、安全に生活できない状態

The board concluded that the CEO's argument was untenable after the audit revealed multiple discrepancies.

監査で複数の不一致が明らかになった後、取締役会はCEOの主張は擁護できないと結論付けた。

意味（1）

Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position.

The theory of cold fusion was untenable.

意味（2）

Unfit for habitation.

[…] ceilings, staircases, all that make a house habitable had vanished in the flare of his conflagration, and since his soul could no longer dwell there, it dwelt instead, so to speak, in the pleasant garden which surrounded the untenable house.

more untenable （ comparative ）

most untenable （ superlative ）