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unanswerable

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un·an·swer·a·ble  (n-nsr--bl)
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
Adjective
1. having no possible answer
2. so obviously correct that disagreement is impossible
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unanswerableunanswerable - impossible to answer; "an unanswerable argument"
incontestable, incontestible - incapable of being contested or disputed


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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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