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indefensibly

ADVERB
unjustifiably
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
excusably justifiably




Example Sentences

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Wasted, all of it, because of coach Lincoln Riley’s refusal to fix an indefensibly bad defense that, in a single frightening word, has forever chiseled itself on to this season’s tombstone.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2023

One also wonders what might be the ultimate result of this celebrity behaving indefensibly?

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

Chau’s decision to contact the Sentinelese, who have made it clear over the years that they prefer to be left alone, was indefensibly reckless.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2019

While that statement is obviously, indefensibly ridiculous, we wanted to get a better sense of why it was so ridiculous.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2017

A little reflection will suffice to convince him, furthermore, that to treat all other codes as if they were mere pathological variations from his own is indefensibly dogmatic.

From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by Fullerton, George Stuart




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