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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Matt Jancer, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
That’s a fundamental, perhaps unanswerable, question.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
Like other posthumous releases by trailblazers from Jimi Hendrix to J Dilla, this one is haunted by unanswerable questions.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
There’s no shortage of stories to tell, or unanswerable questions to ask.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 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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