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unanswerable

[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.



unanswerable

/ ʌˈɑːԲəəə /

adjective

  1. incapable of being refuted

  2. (of a question) not admitting of any answer

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unanswerableness noun
  • unanswerably adverb
  • ܲˈԲɱԱ noun
  • ܲˈԲɱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unanswerable1

First recorded in 1605–15; un- 1 + answerable
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Golijov’s score is also unanswerable, full of electronic effects, where the sound of gunshots beat out intricate dance rhythms.

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For director Alex Ross Perry, it boiled down to the admittedly unanswerable question of whether the band in its time could have been bigger than it was.

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Climate deniers often point to the unanswered — or unanswerable — questions about climate change and insist those are good reasons to wait, to second-guess, to preserve the status quo.

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No wonder I am such a huge wrestling fan where Penn State won the league and tournament so I am not left scratching my head while trying to answer seemingly unanswerable questions.

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And the unanswerable question that I have is, OK, if you make that critique, where does the loss of perspective come in?

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