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Definition of answerless

: without an answer: such as
a : giving no answer
b : having received no answer
c : impossible to be answered : unanswerable

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answerlessly adverb

First Known Use of answerless

1533, in the meaning defined above

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“Answerless.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/answerless. Accessed 11 December 2019.

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