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untenableness

untenableness noun: the quality of being untenable.

Noun

untenableness (uncountable)

  1. The 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 of untenableness

From untenable + -ness.

Questions about untenableness

What does untenableness mean?
Untenableness means the quality of being untenable.
What part of speech is untenableness?
Untenableness is a noun.

Words near untenableness in the dictionary

  1. untemptingly
  2. untemptingness
  3. untenabilities
  4. untenability
  5. untenable
  6. untenableness
  7. untenably
  8. untenacious
  9. untenacity
  10. untenant
  11. untenantability

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