untenableness

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English

Etymology

From untenable +‎ -ness.

Noun

untenableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being untenable.
    • 1887, Frederic Henry Balfour, Leaves from my Chinese Scrapbook, Chapter 5, page 66:
      ...it by no means follows that he is convinced of the untenableness of his views.