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unmainˈtainable, a.
(un-1 7 b.)
1625Donne Serm. 657 They have bound themselves not to recede from those doctrines, how unmaintenable so⁓ever they be in themselves. 1701Norris Ideal World i. vi. 352 The defence of so desperate and unmaintainable a breach. a1832Bentham Levelling Syst. Wks. 1843 I. 362 The good expected..would be altogether unattainable—at least unmaintainable for two instants together. 1853Grote Greece XI. 499 That the festivals..were unmaintainable during such a war. 1883Law Times 22 Dec. 135/1 The society..was..an illegal society..and the action was consequently unmaintainable. |