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unanswerability

noun

as in impenetrability

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanswerability
  1. impenetrability
  2. inscrutability
  3. esotericism
  4. mysteriousness
  5. vagueness
  6. ambiguity
  7. obscurity
  8. murkiness
Noun
  • What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
  • Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of impenetrability
Noun
  • In the same way that audiences are trying to unpack the central scheme — or interlocking set of schemes — at the center of Paula’s newfound predicament, so was the Emmy-winning Maslany drawn to the inscrutability of her character.
    — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 24 May 2026
  • What these critics don’t reckon with enough is that inscrutability is also a feature of the world.
    — Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of inscrutability
Noun
  • Sega Bodega) have created with their Arabic shoegaze duo is one swathed in chic esotericism and slow-burning eros.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 1 June 2026
  • His roots offer some clues to understanding his esotericism.
    — Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Definition of esotericism
Noun
  • That intrigue and mysteriousness still rest in the canyon walls today.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
Definition of mysteriousness
Noun
  • What erodes trust is vagueness, backtracking and the sense that someone is managing you rather than leveling with you.
    — Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Declare the state's rules void for vagueness under the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of vagueness
Noun
  • Others discover they’re energized by ambiguity, faster decision-making and the opportunity to build something from the beginning.
    — Bill Holodnak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • But at his Jackson Hole speech on August 28, Warsh dropped the ambiguity, walking through what UBS economists counted as 20 separate hawkish observations.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of ambiguity
Noun
  • SailGP is sailing’s best opportunity to emerge from obscurity.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The historic watchmaker, which clocked nearly two centuries in the industry before fading into obscurity in the early 1990s, has officially relaunched with the help of Breitling.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of obscurity
Noun
  • The murkiness of it all clarifies by the end of the film, not just in terms of its heroes, villains and message, but Greengrass also situates this story within a recognizable cinematic and storytelling history.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Because of the legal murkiness, Pratte urges people to talk to an attorney before foregoing registration.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of murkiness
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“Unanswerability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanswerability. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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