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unanswerable


unanswerable [uhn-an-ser-uh-buh l, -ahn-] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for unanswerable on Thesaurus.com 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 of unanswerable First recorded in 1605–15; un-1 + answerable Related formsun·an·swer·a·ble·ness, nounun·an·swer·a·bly, adverb Related Words for unanswerable undeniable, ironclad, unassailable, indisputable, capricious, immature, thoughtless, immoral, evident, certain, unquestionable, obvious, irrefutable, credible, good, well-founded, solid, authentic, accurate, persuasive Examples from the Web for unanswerable Contemporary Examples of unanswerable

  • Like most things Grammy-related, it is an unanswerable question.

    Beyonce Gave the Best Grammy Awards Performance (And 8 More That Were Pretty Good, Too)

    Kevin Fallon

    January 27, 2014

  • The unanswerable questions my twins often ask me, such as, “Dad, why is your ear here?”

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    Noah Charney

    June 12, 2013

  • This is, in some sense, an unanswerable existential question.

    “Tax Breaks for Corporate Jets”: The Non-Issue at the Heart of the Presidential Agenda

    Megan McArdle

    April 10, 2013

  • MacLaine, avid spiritualist and searcher, is comfortable with the unanswerable.

    Shirley MacLaine on ‘Bernie,’ ‘Downton Abbey,’ and Her Lifetime Achievments

    Lorenza Muñoz

    April 25, 2012

  • They do not inspire us into unquestioning loyalty; they sadden us and provoke the unanswerable existential question: Why?

    A Very Good War

    Bob Kerrey

    March 10, 2010

  • Historical Examples of unanswerable

  • Perhaps she did not wish to answer a question so unanswerable.

    Thoroughbreds

    W. A. Fraser

  • Ought he not to have felt assured that I must have unanswerable motives for all that I had done?

    Lady Susan

    Jane Austen

  • It were to be wished, that this Objection were unanswerable.

    Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and Postscript

    Samuel Richardson

  • I have nothing else to say; your arguments, Don Lope, are unanswerable.

    Gomez Arias

    Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

  • But he had an alibi all the time, my child; an unanswerable alibi which he preferred to withhold.

    The Snare

    Rafael Sabatini

  • British Dictionary definitions for unanswerable unanswerable adjective

    1. incapable of being refuted
    2. (of a question) not admitting of any answer

    Derived Formsunanswerableness, noununanswerably, adverb

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