UNANSWERABILITY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

unanswerability

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as in impenetrability

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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

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That vagueness is the whole story for the operators and travelers who deal with Tokyo's tourism up close, because in their experience the label often parts ways with reality.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Olson raised concerns about the vagueness and enforceability of the law — an issue law enforcement brought forward when GOP lawmakers introduced the bill during this year’s legislative session.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 16 June 2026

Definition of vagueness

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This ambiguity doesn’t feel entirely intentional, but at least Paksoy’s performance makes her character’s unraveling feel nervy and thrillingly palpable.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 July 2026
As stablecoins become more integrated with payments and capital markets, regulators will have less tolerance for ambiguity around how these products are backed and operated.

— Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of ambiguity

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For some, including Cape Verde’s 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha, a starring role in front of a global audience has catapulted them from relative obscurity to worldwide fame, attracting millions of new followers on social media.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026
There is no longer much question as to whether Platner is suitable for public office, and even less question as to whether plucking him from political obscurity made any sense.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Definition of obscurity

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The murkiness of the injury bled into free agency and Christensen’s Carolina future remains unsettled, despite the team’s unproven depth options on the line, particularly at guard.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
As Raul grapples with telling the story of Elsa’s life, he’s confronted by the murkiness of borrowing from real people for the purposes of fiction.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2026

Definition of murkiness

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