ˌən-ˈan(t)s-rə-bəl
as in conclusive
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong
the unanswerable assertion that she didn't know much about art but she knew what she liked
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Recent Examples of unanswerable
Numerous factors make this question unanswerable, at least for now.
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Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
There are many more unanswerable questions about BCI’s value proposition.
—Naveen Rao, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Efforts to codify these differences started with simple yet initially unanswerable questions: Are ebikes legal in bike lanes?
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
That’s a fundamental, perhaps unanswerable, question.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
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Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
There are many more unanswerable questions about BCI’s value proposition.
—Naveen Rao, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Efforts to codify these differences started with simple yet initially unanswerable questions: Are ebikes legal in bike lanes?
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
That’s a fundamental, perhaps unanswerable, question.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanswerable
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There’s simply not enough conclusive evidence to know precisely how these products influence cardiovascular health, Samantha Coogan, RDN, a nutrition sciences professor and director of the Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, told Health.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Health,
11 Feb. 2025
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Now, researchers believe there is conclusive evidence the cave was home to cannibals.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Faced with this irrefutable fact, there are two options: to understand aging as just another stage of life with its consequent physical and mental changes, or to deny it.—
Laura Solla,
Vogue,
1 Jan. 2025
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If irrefutable evidence of Russian malfeasance is found, NATO will have moved another step closer to confronting its adversary.—
Sarah Dean,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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Jimmie Johnson's place in NASCAR's history is unquestionable.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Regardless, what is unquestionable is that Mr. Biden has pushed the presidential pardon power into new ground.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Lakers have fired coach Darvin Ham after two seasons, both of which had some unarguable successes and both of which ended with the Lakers losing to Denver in the playoffs.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2024
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Here, however, is a simple, clear, and unarguable case for taking immediate action.—
Mustafa Suleyman,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2023
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These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
AFAR Media,
6 Feb. 2025
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Despite intersex invisibility in broader society, our incontrovertible existence demonstrates that Trump’s order is neither based in reality nor biology.—
Alicia Roth Weigel,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s moves are of uncertain legality, not least because USAID was established by Congress, but the outcomes are indisputable.—
Nicholas Kristof,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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But in the past decade, more gene studies have have found that biology is an indisputable factor in one's risk of suffering from depression and the range in the disorder's severity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Jan. 2025
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Regular board and executive succession planning, with a balance of independent directors, can ensure the right questions are asked and no single person becomes unchallengeable.—
James Henderson,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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Unlike Biden, Trump’s intraparty position is nearly unchallengeable.—
The Editors,
National Review,
3 July 2024
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The DeSantis announcement is an indubitable win for Musk.—
Scott Nover,
Quartz,
24 May 2023
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There is all of a sudden one Way of Knowing which presents us with indubitable truths.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
13 Dec. 2010
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