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unanswerable

  • /ʌnˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/ UK

adjective more unanswerable · most unanswerable · unaunswerable

  1. Not answerable; impossible to answer.

    Similar: answerless · Opposite: answerable

  2. Impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive. If I have not said much about it before, it was, of course, that the Professor's earnest desire was that no possible rumor of the unanswerable argument which we carried should be allowed to leak out until the moment came when his enemies were to be confuted.

    Similar: indisputable · Opposite: disputable, inconclusive, refutable

noun unanswerables · unaunswerable

  1. Something that cannot be answered. These unanswerables are left open to the viewer's own construction by the sculptor.

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adj not answerable; impossible to answer

Portuguêsirrespondível, sem resposta/respostas
Deutschunbeantwortbar, antwortlos
Românăiresponsabil

adj impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive

Portuguêsirrespondível, irrefutável, irreplicável

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@misc{unanswerable_2026,
  title = {unanswerable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unanswerable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}