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
With many unanswerable whys in her baggage, Gallant landed in a stunned, post-Holocaust Europe to a pervasive air of meaninglessness.
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Laurence Scott, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
From this time on, the central animating concerns of his practice were the unanswerable existential questions and their moral implications.
—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
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Laurence Scott, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
From this time on, the central animating concerns of his practice were the unanswerable existential questions and their moral implications.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanswerable
Adjective
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Nor is there any conclusive evidence on dosing and timing for supplements.—
Sarah Anzlovar, MS,
Verywell Health,
2 Apr. 2025
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Stone, as he's done before without providing conclusive evidence, took aim at the Central Intelligence Agency.—
Lalee Ibssa,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The effectiveness of this technology is irrefutable.—
John Seng,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 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
Adjective
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There was was no wind-gauge for that meet at Lake Minneola to certify the time but his speed is unquestionable.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2025
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No matter where people stand on Schulz’s point of view on comedy, his mark on pop culture with his punch lines has become unquestionable.—
Nate Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But the unarguable fact is that the federal government would be providing less money to pay for health care for the roughly 72 million Americans on Medicaid.—
Nicholas Kristof,
The Mercury News,
11 Mar. 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
Adjective
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However, despite challenges in implementation, the evidence is incontrovertible that AI investment is vital for future-proofing supply chains; these tools are the best bulwark currently available against geopolitical instability, climate change and industrial transformation.—
Azra Nurkic,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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For decades, the technical difficulty of editing photographs and videos allowed them to be treated, by most people, as essentially incontrovertible.—
Fergus McIntosh,
The New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Campbell’s talent and tape are indisputable, but so is his less-than-ideal arm length.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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What ultimately seems far more intriguing and indisputable is that Joule has tape recordings of conversations with Bacon about a range of topics.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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“Unanswerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanswerable. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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