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
There are many more unanswerable questions about BCI’s value proposition.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanswerable
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The Cornell research found cycle thresholds, or Ct levels, higher than 35 in the sample, which indicates low viral levels; typically, experts look for levels under 20 as conclusive evidence that the virus is circulating.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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No conclusive proof that Musk is Dittmann appears to have emerged.David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Eminem and 50 Cent are both irrefutable Hall Of Fame talents in rap with nothing left to accomplish.Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Livingston’s children claimed that their father read them the poem as early as 1807, many years before it was ever published, but failed to ever provide irrefutable evidence.Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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With a career spanning 19 full-time seasons and 34 series victories, including a 2017 championship, Truex Jr's success in NASCAR is unquestionable.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Modern football has brought many unquestionable improvements.Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
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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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For Nikki, who died Monday at 81, our future depends upon our willingness to learn from everyday Black folks’ refusal to accept status-quo cruelties as incontrovertible realities.L. Lamar Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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The evidence against the perpetrators was abundant and incontrovertible.Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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And because hybrid warfare is by its nature designed to evade clear attribution of responsibility, officials have hesitated to launch powerful responses without having indisputable evidence of an adversary’s identity.Lara Jakes, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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For people in fashion especially, the mall seems to kick up a particular nostalgia pang—especially around the holidays when so many formative memories were created, and clothing was the indisputable backdrop.Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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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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“Unanswerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanswerable. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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