- insostenible
- adj.1 untenable.2 unsustainable, untenable, indefensible, unmaintainable.* * *insostenible► adjetivo1 untenable* * *ADJ untenable* * *adjetivoa) <situación/gasto> unsustainableb) <posición/tesis> untenable* * *= untenable, unbearable.Ex. This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.Ex. Books are the best friends a man can have because they are loyal at a time when a man is unbearable to himself and his fellow human beings.----* situación insostenible = unbearable situation.* * *adjetivoa) <situación/gasto> unsustainableb) <posición/tesis> untenable* * *= untenable, unbearable.
Ex: This was an untenable state of affairs and he made a gallant effort to secure librarians and library boards from the possibility of such suits.
Ex: Books are the best friends a man can have because they are loyal at a time when a man is unbearable to himself and his fellow human beings.* situación insostenible = unbearable situation.* * *insostenibleadjective1 ‹situación/gasto› unsustainable2 ‹posición/tesis› untenable* * *
insostenible adjetivoa) ‹situación/gasto› unsustainableb) ‹posición/tesis› untenable
insostenible adjetivo untenable
'insostenible' also found in these entries:
English:
indefensible
- unbearable
- untenable
* * *insostenible adj1. [situación] untenable2. [afirmación, tesis] untenable* * *insostenibleadj1 situación unsustainable2 tesis untenable* * *insostenible adj: untenable
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.