It's the Word of the Day podcast for January 10th.

Today's word is untenable, spelled U-N-T-E-N-T-E-N-T-E.

Untenable is an adjective, something such as a position, excuse, or situation that is described as untenable cannot be defended against attack or criticism.

Here's the word used.

In a sentence from Will I Befung in The Motley Fool.

According to the economist, the disparity between investor enthusiasm about AI and reality

might be untenable. They report that only 5% of U.S. businesses say they use AI in their products

and services, and few AI startups are turning a profit. Most notably, OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, expects to lose around

$5 billion this year because of huge outflows for employee salaries and the massive energy costs

associated with running large language models. The word untenable, and its opposite,

tenable, come to us from the old French verb toni'e, meaning to hold or have possession of, and ultimately from the Latin verb tenere,

meaning to hold, occupy, or possess. We tend to use untenable in situations where an idea or position is so off base that holding

onto it is unjustified or inexcusable.

One way to hold onto the meaning of untenable is to associate it with other tenere descendants,

whose meanings are associated with holding or holding onto.

Tenacious, meaning holding fast, is one example.

Others are contain, detain, sustain, maintain, and retain.

Spanish speakers may also recognize Tenere as a predecessor of the commonplace verb,

Tener, which retains the meaning of to hold or possess.

With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sakamowski.

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