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
Months into my time in Goonworld, this came to seem like an urgent question, unanswerable by conventional journalistic means.
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Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
This monstrosity only raises unanswerable questions.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
The potential for abuse here, for unfounded and unanswerable accusations, seems obvious.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Refusing to simply hand the viewer a conclusion, Penn leaves Hackman spinning his boat in the warm Gulf waters, an iconic visual metaphor for the confusion and frustration of his unanswerable riddle — and perhaps of his entire era.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanswerable
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No conclusive plan has been formed to either engage in talks with another professional sports team or repurpose the current site of Arrowhead Stadium – though Lucas and LeVota, respectively, said the city and county could explore both in the next five years.—
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While there is no conclusive evidence indicating a best time to drink aloe vera gel for digestive health, consuming it at specific times may support different health goals.—
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Now, technology has placed this once seemingly irrefutable source of truth under threat.—
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An 0-3 record writes its own irrefutable story, and a critical late Tagovailoa interception was its punctuation.—
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What is unquestionable is that like millions of other anguished parents, Rob and Michele struggled with how to help their troubled son.—
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That tug-and-pull conflict between them exemplifies how adults invalidate children’s perspectives, assuming that their age has granted them unquestionable certitude.—
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But in terms of execution, control, and unarguable results?—
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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.—
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Beauty’s at-times reluctance to embrace TikTok Shop as a channel mirrors the industry’s longtime disinclination toward Amazon, an attitude that has shifted in recent years as the e-commerce giant’s beauty business has grown at an incontrovertible clip.—
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His frequent victory laps are rarely accompanied by such incontrovertible and public proof of the news being fake.—
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But that this was a transformative moment — for good or bad — seemed indisputable.—
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That being said, the numbers are indisputable.—
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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.—
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Unlike Biden, Trump’s intraparty position is nearly unchallengeable.—
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In 2025, Rebecca Yarros is that genre’s indubitable champion.—
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But while the trajectory is indubitable, the ascent is far from smooth, as Ghana’s recent experiences neatly encapsulate.—
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“Unanswerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanswerable. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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