unanswerable

[uhn-an-ser-uh-buhl, -ahn-]

un·an·swer·a·ble

[uhn-an-ser-uh-buhl, -ahn-]
adjective
1.
not capable of being answered; not having a known or discoverable answer: an unanswerable question.
2.
not open to dispute or rebuttal; irrefutable; conclusive: an unanswerable proof.

Origin:
1605–15; un-1 + answerable

un·an·swer·a·ble·ness, noun
un·an·swer·a·bly, adverb
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Unanswerable has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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unanswerable (ʌnˈɑːnsərəbəl)
 
adj
1.  incapable of being refuted
2.  (of a question) not admitting of any answer
 
un'answerableness
 
n
 
un'answerably
 
adv

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