tenable
C2CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister
General adjective
Able to be defended successfully against criticism or objection.
Once the confounding variable is accounted for, the original hypothesis is no longer tenable.
Law adjective
Capable of being defended against objection or attack.
Counsel conceded that the limitation argument was no longer tenable after disclosure.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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