unhaltbar
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + haltbar and further from un- + halten + -bar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʊnˈhalt.baːr/, /ˈʊnˌhalt.baːr/, [ʔʊn.halt.baː(ɐ̯)]
- Second-syllable stress tends to prevail in predicative position, initial stress in attributive position.
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Adjective
[edit]unhaltbar (strong nominative masculine singular unhaltbarer, comparative unhaltbarer, superlative am unhaltbarsten)
- indefensible, untenable, unacceptable
- Antonym: haltbar
- (of a view, argument) incapable of being held or justified
- Das sind alles unhaltbare Behauptungen.
- These are all untenable claims.
- (of a state, situation) incapable of being accepted or maintained
- Hier herrschen unhaltbare Zustände.
- The situation around here is unaccaptable.
- (military, of a position) incapable of being held on to or defended against the enemy
- Nach dem Verlust der Anhöhe wurden die dahinter liegenden Dörfer unhaltbar.
- After the loss of the hill the villages behind it became indefensible.
- (sports, of a shot) incapable of being stopped
- Der Schuss war unhaltbar. ― That shot was unstoppable.
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Superlative forms of unhaltbar