unsupportable

adjective
un·​sup·​port·​able | \ ˌən-sə-ˈpȯr-tə-bəl How to pronounce unsupportable (audio) \

Definition of unsupportable

: unable to be supported an unsupportable burden an unsupportable claim

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Examples of unsupportable in a Sentence

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Talk of Mars is historically unsupportable with current budgets or NASA's existing technology. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "With Artemis, NASA at risk of repeating Apollo mistakes, scientist warns," 20 Aug. 2019 The lawsuit against Stine Seed Company is without merit and factually unsupportable. Scott Berson, charlotteobserver, "Black farmers were sold ‘weaponized’ seed, and racism may be to blame, lawsuit says," 11 July 2018

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First Known Use of unsupportable

1586, in the meaning defined above

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