un·an·swer·a·ble

(ŭn-ăn′sər-ə-bəl)

adj.

Impossible to answer or refute; incontrovertible: unanswerable accusations.

un·an′swer·a·bil′i·ty, un·an′swer·a·ble·ness n.

un·an′swer·a·bly adv.

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unanswerability

(ʌnˌɑːnsərəˈbɪlɪtɪ)

the quality of not being answerable or contestable

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