unanswerable question
1Question — For other uses, see Question (disambiguation). For questions about Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Questions. “ There are these four ways of answering questions. Which four? There are questions that should be answered categorically [straightforwardly… …
2unanswerable — unanswerableness, n. unanswerably, adv. /un an seuhr euh beuhl, ahn /, adj. 1. not capable of being answered; not having a known or discoverable answer: an unanswerable question. 2. not open to dispute or rebuttal; irrefutable; conclusive: an… …
3unanswerable — un|an|swer|a|ble [ʌnˈa:nsərəbəl US ʌnˈæn ] adj 1.) an unanswerable question is one that cannot be answered 2.) definitely true and therefore impossible to argue against ▪ The case (=reasons for doing something) for better public transport is… …
4unanswerable — un|an|swer|a|ble [ ʌn ænsərəbl ] adjective 1. ) an unanswerable question has no known answer 2. ) impossible or very difficult to prove wrong or false: The case against Crenshaw seems unanswerable …
5unanswerable — adjective 1 definitely true and therefore impossible to argue against: an unanswerable case in law 2 an unanswerable question is one that seems to have no possible answer or solution …
6unanswerable — UK [ʌnˈɑːns(ə)rəb(ə)l] / US [ʌnˈænsərəb(ə)l] adjective 1) impossible or very difficult to prove wrong or false The case against Crenshaw seems unanswerable. 2) an unanswerable question has no known answer …
7unanswerable — un•an•swer•a•ble [[t]ʌnˈæn sər ə bəl, ˈɑn [/t]] adj. 1) not capable of being answered: an unanswerable question[/ex] 2) not open to dispute or rebuttal; irrefutable: an unanswerable proof[/ex] • Etymology: 1605–15 un•an′swer•a•ble•ness, n.… …
8unanswerable — adj. 1 unable to be refuted (has an unanswerable case). 2 unable to be answered (an unanswerable question). Derivatives: unanswerableness n. unanswerably adv …
9unanswerable — [[t]ʌ̱nɑ͟ːnsərəb(ə)l, æ̱ns [/t]] 1) ADJ If you describe a question as unanswerable, you mean that it has no possible answer or that a particular person cannot possibly answer it. They would ask their mother unanswerable questions. 2) ADJ If you… …
10unanswerable — /ʌnˈænsərəbəl/ (say un ansuhruhbuhl), / ˈan / (say ahn ) adjective 1. not able to be refuted or rebutted; conclusive: an unanswerable accusation. 2. not having an answer, as a question. –unanswerableness, noun –unanswerably, adverb …
