Unanswerable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʌnˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unanswerable is an adjective meaning Not answerable; impossible to answer.
Meaning
Not answerable; impossible to answer.
More Meanings
- Impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive.
- Something that cannot be answered.
Example Sentences
The map is never an unanswerable argument in transportation.
These unanswerables are left open to the viewer's own construction by the sculptor.
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.
Word Forms
- unaunswerable
- unanswerables
Synonyms for unanswerable
Depending on context, synonyms include answerless, indisputable, incontestable, incontestible.
Antonyms for unanswerable
Common opposites include answerable, disputable, inconclusive, refutable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include incontestible, incontestable, unanswered, answerless, nonanswerable, unaunswerable.
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