Antonyms for defensible

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-fen-suh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɛn sə bəl

Definition of defensible

Origin : late 13c., from Old French defensable, from Late Latin defensibilem, from Latin defens-, past participle stem of defendere (see defend).

adj justifiable

Example sentences :

Knoxville at this time was by no means in a defensible condition.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various

The pasturing of orchards is often defensible and sometimes even desirable.
Extract from : « The Apple-Tree » by L. H. Bailey

I have done many things in my political career that are not defensible.
Extract from : « Democracy An American Novel » by Henry Adams

This attitude toward life is defensible on the highest grounds.
Extract from : « Washington Irving » by Charles Dudley Warner

Of course, this rock of Orvieto is the most defensible position in Italy.
Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea

Indeed, the town is not, nor ever has been, defensible by the rules of art.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 389, March 1848 » by Various

From the forks it was difficult to escape, but the place was defensible.
Extract from : « Lillian Morris, and Other Stories » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

But he never did, and so its defensible properties remain only x.
Extract from : « The Ingoldsby Country » by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

The actions of this portion of his life are the least defensible of any portion of it.
Extract from : « Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2) » by William Howitt

It was necessary, indeed, that it should be defensible both in the front and in the rear.
Extract from : « Lords of the World » by Alfred John Church

Synonyms for defensible

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