unanswerable [uhn-an-ser-uh-buh l, -ahn-] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for unanswerable on Thesaurus.com 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.
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.
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January 27, 2014
The unanswerable questions my twins often ask me, such as, “Dad, why is your ear here?”
Noah Charney
June 12, 2013
This is, in some sense, an unanswerable existential question.
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April 10, 2013
MacLaine, avid spiritualist and searcher, is comfortable with the unanswerable.
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Lorenza Muñoz
April 25, 2012
They do not inspire us into unquestioning loyalty; they sadden us and provoke the unanswerable existential question: Why?
Bob Kerrey
March 10, 2010
Historical Examples of unanswerable
Perhaps she did not wish to answer a question so unanswerable.
W. A. Fraser
Ought he not to have felt assured that I must have unanswerable motives for all that I had done?
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.
Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
But he had an alibi all the time, my child; an unanswerable alibi which he preferred to withhold.
Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for unanswerable unanswerable adjective
- incapable of being refuted
- (of a question) not admitting of any answer
Derived Formsunanswerableness, noununanswerably, adverb