unanswerable
adjective
un·an·swer·able
ˌən-ˈan(t)s-rə-bəl,
-ˈan(t)-sə-
: not capable of being answered
also
: irrefutable
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Examples of unanswerable in a Sentence
the unanswerable assertion that she didn't know much about art but she knew what she liked
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From this time on, the central animating concerns of his practice were the unanswerable existential questions and their moral implications.
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David A. Ross, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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The unanswerable question: How will taxpayers respond when the president and his most senior staffers describe the nation’s tax collector as their enemy?
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David A. Ross, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
His interests were wide, but his grand theme was the problem of Paul: of young men whose violent deaths raised unanswerable questions.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
The unanswerable question: How will taxpayers respond when the president and his most senior staffers describe the nation’s tax collector as their enemy?
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Numerous factors make this question unanswerable, at least for now.
—Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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unanswerable
adjective
un·an·swer·able
ˌən-ˈan(t)s-(ə-)rə-bəl
ˈən-
: not answerable
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