| 单词 | indefensible |
| 释义 | indefensible (ɪndɪfensɪbəl ) 1. adjective If you say that a statement, action, or idea is indefensible, you mean that it cannot be justified or supported because it is completely wrong or unacceptable. His action was indefensible. She described the new policy as 'morally indefensible'. Synonyms: unforgivable, wrong, inexcusable, unjustifiable The indefensible is something which is indefensible. To argue otherwise is trying to defend the indefensible. 2. adjective Places or buildings that are indefensible cannot be defended if they are attacked. The checkpoint was abandoned as militarily indefensible. Collocations: morally indefensible It is absurd and morally indefensible to continue with a policy that causes so much hardship, misery and wastes councils' time and resources. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I find walking boots morally indefensible in their ugliness. Times, Sunday Times (2016) If this is so, it is worse than morally indefensible. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But letting criminals off lightly to save money would be morally indefensible. The Sun (2015) Now it is abruptly condemned as morally indefensible and politically anachronistic. Times, Sunday Times (2012) |
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