unanswerable

un·an·swer·a·ble (

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adj.

Impossible to answer or refute; incontrovertible: unanswerable accusations.

un·answer·a·bili·ty, un·answer·a·ble·ness n.

un·answer·a·bly adv.

unanswerable [ʌnˈɑːnsərəb^əl]

adj

1. incapable of being refuted

2. (of a question) not admitting of any answer

unanswerableness n

unanswerably adv

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Adj.

unanswerable - impossible to answer; "an unanswerable argument"

incontestable, incontestible - incapable of being contested or disputed

unanswerable

adjective

1. insoluble, unexplainable, unresolvable, unascertainable, insolvable They would ask their mother unanswerable questions.

2. indisputable, undeniable, irrefutable, conclusive, absolute, incontrovertible, unarguable, incontestable The argument for recruiting McGregor was unanswerable.

Translations

unanswerable [ʌnˈɑːnsərəbl] ADJ [question] → incontestable; [attack etc] → irrebatible, irrefutable

unanswerable

adj question → nicht zu beantworten pred, → nicht zu beantwortend attr; argument, case → zwingend, unwiderlegbar; that question is unanswerable → diese Frage lässt sich nicht beantworten

unanswerable [ʌnˈɑːns/ərəbl] adj (case, argument) → irrefutabile; (question) → senza risposta

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conclusive impossible irrefutable metaphysics Questions Unanswerability	Having impulsively, it is probable, and perhaps somewhat prematurely revealed the prime but private purpose of the Pequod's voyage, Ahab was now entirely conscious that, in so doing, he had indirectly laid himself open to the unanswerable charge of usurpation; and with perfect impunity, both moral and legal, his crew if so disposed, and to that end competent, could refuse all further obedience to him, and even violently wrest from him the command. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context Ought he not to have felt assured that I must have unanswerable motives for all that I had done? Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context Armed with these arguments, which appeared to her unanswerable, she drove to her daughter's early one morning so as to find her alone. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context	unambiguous unambiguously Unambition unambitious unambitiously unamenable unamended Unami Unamiability unamiable Unamuno unamused unanalyzable unanalyzed Unanchor unaneled unangry Unanimate unanimated unanimity unanimous unanimously unannealed unannounced Unanswerability unanswerable unanswered unanticipated unanticipated immediate targets unapologetic Unappalled Unapparel unappareled unapparent unappealable unappealing unappealingly unappeasable unappeased unappendaged unappetising unappetisingness unappetizing unappetizingness Unappliable Unapplicable unappreciated unappreciative unappreciatively unapprehensive unapproachability	Unangan Unangax Unangax unangry Unani Unani medicine Unani Tibb Unanimate unanimated unanimated Unanimism unanimity unanimity Unanimity Principle in the United Nations unanimous unanimous unanimous Unanimous Written Consent unanimously unanimously unanimousness unanimousness UNANM unannealed unannexed unannounced Unannounced Olympiads Unannounced Olympiads unanswerability unanswerability unanswerable unanswerableness unanswerableness unanswerably unanswerably unanswered unanswered unanswering unanticipated unanticipated unanticipated event unanticipated immediate targets Unanticipated Problems Involving Risks to Subjects or Others unanticipatedly unanticipatedly unanxious UNANZ UNAOC UNAP UNAPCAEM UNAPCTT UNAPEC UNAPEI UNAPETROL UNAPOC unapologetic unapologetically unapologizing Unappalled

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Having impulsively, it is probable, and perhaps somewhat prematurely revealed the prime but private purpose of the Pequod's voyage, Ahab was now entirely conscious that, in so doing, he had indirectly laid himself open to the unanswerable charge of usurpation; and with perfect impunity, both moral and legal, his crew if so disposed, and to that end competent, could refuse all further obedience to him, and even violently wrest from him the command.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

Ought he not to have felt assured that I must have unanswerable motives for all that I had done?

Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context

Armed with these arguments, which appeared to her unanswerable, she drove to her daughter's early one morning so as to find her alone.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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