untenable

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tenable English untenable From un- + tenable.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: несъстоятелен (nesǎstojatelen) — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Catalan: insostenible — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 站不住腳的 /站不住脚的 — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 立場薄弱的 /立场薄弱的 — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Czech: neudržitelný — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Danish: uholdbar — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Dutch: onhoudbaar — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Finnish: kestämätön — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• French: intenable — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• French: insoutenable — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Galician: insostíbel — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Georgian: არშემდგარი (aršemdgari) — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Georgian: შეუმდგარი (šeumdgari) — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• German: unhaltbar — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• German: unvertretbar — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Hungarian: tarthatatlan — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Italian: insostenibile — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Italian: indifendibile — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Norwegian Bokmål: uholdbar — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Portuguese: insustentável — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Russian: несостоя́тельный (nesostojátelʹnyj) — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Serbo-Croatian: neodrživ — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Spanish: insostenible — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Spanish: indefendible — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Swedish: ohållbar — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Swedish: oförsvarlig — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Turkish: müdafaası imkânsız — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Turkish: savunulamaz — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Ukrainian: неспромо́жний (nespromóžnyj) — Not able to be held, as of an opinion or position
• Bulgarian: негоден за обитаване (negoden za obitavane) — unfit for habitation
• Czech: neobyvatelný — unfit for habitation
• German: unwirtlich — unfit for habitation
• German: unbewohnbar — unfit for habitation
• Greek: ακατοίκητος (akatoíkitos) — unfit for habitation
• Spanish: inhabitable — unfit for habitation