unanswerable

adjective

Definition of unanswerablenext
as in irrefutable
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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“Unanswerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanswerable. Accessed 26 Mar. 2023.

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