unhaltbar

== German == === Etymology === From un- +‎ haltbar and further from un- +‎ halten +‎ -bar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʊnˈhalt.baːr/, /ˈʊnˌhalt.baːr/, [ʔʊn.halt.baː(ɐ̯)] Second-syllable stress tends to prevail in predicative position, initial stress in attributive position. === Adjective === unhaltbar (strong nominative masculine singular unhaltbarer, comparative unhaltbarer, superlative am unhaltbarsten) indefensible, untenable, unacceptable Antonym: haltbar (of a view, argument) incapable of being held or justified (of a state, situation) incapable of being accepted or maintained (military, of a position) incapable of being held on to or defended against the enemy (sports, of a shot) incapable of being stopped Der Schuss war unhaltbar. ― That shot was unstoppable. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “unhaltbar” in Duden online “unhaltbar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache