Maintainable and Untenable

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Maintainable adjective - Capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack.

Usage example: it is important to choose a maintainable position for your thesis

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Untenable is an antonym for maintainable in topics: reasonable, tenable.

Untenable adjective - (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified.

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Maintainable is an antonym for untenable.

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