Jason Whitlock

Order rooted in and maintained and restored by fear, intimidation, brutality and incarceration is immoral and untenable. Justice is order's intended soul mate. But serving justice is twice as hard as serving fear.

American Journalist

Sarah Jeong

Are whisper networks good? That question itself is a little flat. Whisper networks arise in a vacuum of justice. They alleviate an untenable condition; they do not actually address it.

Florence Kelley

This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation.

American Activist

Stephen Colbert

In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.

American Comedian

Steven Pinker

The more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests over theirs.

Canadian Scientist

Michael Tubbs

I tell people all the time, the status quo is so untenable to me. Like, literally, I have no patience for it.

American Politician

Michael Portillo

Oppositions usually say ridiculous things and must embarrassingly then ditch untenable positions.

British Journalist

Kate Christensen

Food is not a means toward resolution. It can't cure heartbreak or solve untenable dilemmas.

American Novelist

Orson Welles

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable.

American Actor

Isabel Wilkerson

People leave when life becomes untenable where they are.

Often used in scholarly discussions where positions must be logically supported.

Academic Tone

Common in debates or arguments requiring evidence for support.

Debate Context

Use 'tenable' to distinguish positions that are still logically sound from those not.

Contrast Invalidity

 the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests over theirs, at least not if you want them to listen to you. You can't say that my interests are special compared to yours any more than you can say the particular spot that I'm standing on is a unique part of the universe

The surprising decline...

 was one whole and perfect living being like a human being they believed it was a living creature I don't think in fact no scientists today believes that that is a tenable hypothesis because the earth just is not as tightly integrated

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