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unanswerable
[ uhn-an-ser-uh-buhl, -ahn- ]
adjective
- not capable of being answered; not having a known or discoverable answer:
an unanswerable question.
- not open to dispute or rebuttal; irrefutable; conclusive:
an unanswerable proof.
unanswerable
/ ʌnˈɑːnsərəbəl /
adjective
- incapable of being refuted
- (of a question) not admitting of any answer
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Derived Forms
- unˈanswerableness, noun
- unˈanswerably, adverb
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Other Words From
- un·answer·a·ble·ness noun
- un·answer·a·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unanswerable1
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Example Sentences
Like most things Grammy-related, it is an unanswerable question.
The unanswerable questions my twins often ask me, such as, “Dad, why is your ear here?”
This is, in some sense, an unanswerable existential question.
In the end, precisely how many enslaved people the document alone actually freed remains unanswerable.
MacLaine, avid spiritualist and searcher, is comfortable with the unanswerable.
"The authority of Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye," was the unanswerable rejoinder.
This question, looked upon as unanswerable by many of those who ask it, is really of minor importance.
And thus, in part, was answered Mr. Cushing's apparently unanswerable exclamation: "What possible chance can the South have?"
She spoke with a sense of knowing that she had propounded an unanswerable question.
Of the last, I shall afford an unanswerable proof from my own person.
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