In`de*fei"si*ble (?), a. Indefeasible. [Obs.]

In`de*fen`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of not being

defensible. Walsh.

In`de*fen"si*ble (?), [Pref. in- not + defensible: cf. OF.

indefensible, indefensable.] Not defensible; not capable of being

defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable;

untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc.

Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very

proposal, they thought utterly indefensible.

Burke.

In`de*fen"si*bly, adv. In an indefensible manner.

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