On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Untenable. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as indefensible or unreasonable and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Untenable in a sentence
Untenable meaning
- Not able to be held or sustained, such as of an opinion or position.
- Unfit for habitation.
Synonyms of Untenable
Using Untenable
- The main meaning on this page is: Not able to be held or sustained, such as of an opinion or position. | Unfit for habitation.
- Useful related words include: indefensible, unreasonable.
- In the example corpus, untenable often appears in combinations such as: untenable and, was untenable, an untenable.
Context around Untenable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Untenable
- In this selection, "untenable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, become, equally, position, situation, budgetary and election stand out and add context to how "untenable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are completely untenable and becomes increasingly untenable. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "untenable" sits close to words such as academically, ariz and babu, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with untenable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Their smearing reports, however, are completely untenable. (7 words)
He said it left his position as a Labour councillor “untenable”. (11 words)
There are things that can be done to improve this untenable situation. (12 words)
But for UVA and UNC, the cost of having to go to court over the grants of media rights, plus the $120 million ACC exit fees, if both would come into play, might make partial shares untenable. (37 words)
By Friday, the collapsing stock price had made its capital raise untenable and sources said the bank tried to look at other options, including a sale, until regulators stepped in and shut the bank down. (35 words)
After Kim called for former President M.R.C. Greenwood’s resignation, the Legislature took the unusual step of refusing to fund negotiated faculty pay raises, putting her in an untenable budgetary bind. (33 words)
IPS: Why are current energy systems untenable, considering the ongoing climate change crisis? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hempel came to acknowledge that Logical Positivism's verificationism was untenable, but argued that falsificationism was equally untenable on logical grounds alone.
After Kim called for former President M.R.C. Greenwood’s resignation, the Legislature took the unusual step of refusing to fund negotiated faculty pay raises, putting her in an untenable budgetary bind.
An even worse one, including the worst 10 days in Aberdeen’s history, made Goodwin’s position untenable.
But for UVA and UNC, the cost of having to go to court over the grants of media rights, plus the $120 million ACC exit fees, if both would come into play, might make partial shares untenable.
By Friday, the collapsing stock price had made its capital raise untenable and sources said the bank tried to look at other options, including a sale, until regulators stepped in and shut the bank down.
David Stock claims that after he blew the whistle internally his life was made intolerable, he felt his position was untenable and he had to resign.
Describing the situation as “untenable,” Dubé appointed an external mediator to try and restore peace and find a solution to the problem.
Dominion said in the filing that the damning messages are evidence of Fox executives and employees' knowledge of the untenable election claims they were airing.
He emphasizes that when factoring in these essential costs, the prospect of owning a home with this housing loan becomes increasingly untenable.
He has defied the stereotype that peaceful transitions of power are untenable in West Africa,” a statement from Nigeria’s presidency said.
He said her job has “become untenable because of what is being said by others.
He said it left his position as a Labour councillor “untenable”.
His position had become untenable, and it was only a matter of time before he left Ibrox, one way or another.
However, the heart-shattering domestic drama crystallizes LaMotta's untenable fighting spirit as he contends with his brother and wife in a fit of jealous rage.
IPS: Why are current energy systems untenable, considering the ongoing climate change crisis?
It’s hardly untenable that such a design couldn’t be re-structured to work more as a piece of television than a game.
Justice Committee chairman Tory Sir Bob Neill said on LBC her position was “untenable”.
That is an untenable situation – it can’t continue – and we’re suggesting there’s got to be a different approach that puts people first.
Their smearing reports, however, are completely untenable.
There are things that can be done to improve this untenable situation.
Common combinations with untenable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- untenable and 18×
- was untenable 15×
- an untenable 15×
- increasingly untenable 11×
- become untenable 10×
- is untenable 9×
- untenable for 9×
- untenable situation 7×
- and untenable 7×
- untenable position 7×