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unanswerable

adjective

ˌən-ˈan(t)s-rə-bəl

Definition of unanswerable

as in conclusive

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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Recent Examples of unanswerable Both are also for all purposes motherless boys—Suwa’s mother died and his father survives her, full of an unanswerable grief. — Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026 Though his World Series moment didn’t occur with the Red Sox, the experience could lend insight into his new organization, which spent 86 years racking up similarly stunning last-second heartbreaks and unanswerable what-ifs. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026 Yet certain fundamental questions about the Fourier transform have remained stubbornly, and mysteriously, unanswerable. — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 28 Jan. 2026 Visions of the Western United States —its woods and landscapes— both entice and haunt Grainier throughout his life, evoking unanswerable beauty and heartbreak that circle around and around the logger and railroad worker, nonlinearly over the course of the film. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unanswerable

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanswerable

Adjective

Still, the final score was 31-14, a conclusive win for Ohio State, but hardly the embarrassment of Alabama-MSU.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
And likewise, the evidence against attachment isn’t conclusive.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of conclusive

Adjective

That was the unquestionable trend that emerged from Milan Fashion Week for spring 2027, and retailers could not get enough of them, praising Prada‘s offer that focused on the singular garment and its versatility.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Collins made up for his lack of money by courting attention with relentless broadsides against the race’s unquestionable front-runner.

— Michael Van Sickler, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of unquestionable

Adjective

Yet despite these unarguable facts, the direction of the animation world lately has been decidedly pro-Shrek and anti–French rat.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 June 2026
But the unarguable fact is that the federal government would be providing less money to pay for health care for the roughly 72 million Americans on Medicaid.

— Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025

Definition of unarguable

Adjective

To some, the attack fulfilled long-term right-wing warnings that Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza would yield disaster; and the attack was incontrovertible proof that Palestinians will never live in peace with Israel.

— Dahlia Scheindlin, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
That is what’s decreed by the Premier League, which reviews each incident and only wants players to be sent off if there is incontrovertible evidence that the referee had no choice.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of incontrovertible

Adjective

Californians have been conditioned to consider recycling to be an unchallengeable proposition.

— Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
The lens of the hearing never focused on Robeson, who was seen as only a prop for Robinson’s patriotism, unworthy of rediscovery, especially as the Robinson/Rickey integration story—sports as the pathway to equality—became virtually unchallengeable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of unchallengeable

Adjective

As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026
The second route, and the route that makes indubitable sense, entails using the techniques and methods of psychology to gauge the performance of AI.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2026