untenableness

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noun

The quality of being untenable.

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Meanings

noununtenableness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being untenable.

    ...it by no means follows that he is convinced of the untenableness of his views.

    1887, Frederic Henry Balfour, Leaves from my Chinese Scrapbook, Chapter 5, page 66

Origin

From untenable + -ness.

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APA

untenableness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untenableness

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“untenableness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untenableness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untenableness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untenableness.

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