Unanswerable

adj, noun

adj, noun ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that cannot be answered.

    "These unanswerables are left open to the viewer's own construction by the sculptor."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not answerable; impossible to answer.
  2. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    impossible to answer wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
incontestableindisputableabsoluteactualadmitting no questionanswerless

Example

More examples

"You ask questions, that are unanswerable."

Etymology

From un- + answerable.

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