ˌən-ˈan(t)s-rə-bəl
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 That question is unanswerable until after this season — Watson’s fourth in the league. —
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025 Months into my time in Goonworld, this came to seem like an urgent question, unanswerable by conventional journalistic means. —Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 This monstrosity only raises unanswerable questions. —Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025 The potential for abuse here, for unfounded and unanswerable accusations, seems obvious. —Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unanswerable
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025 Months into my time in Goonworld, this came to seem like an urgent question, unanswerable by conventional journalistic means. —Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 This monstrosity only raises unanswerable questions. —Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025 The potential for abuse here, for unfounded and unanswerable accusations, seems obvious. —Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unanswerable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanswerable
- conclusive
- irrefutable
- unquestionable
- unarguable
- incontrovertible
- indisputable
- unchallengeable
- indubitable
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As in the less conclusive first season, it feels engineered to deliver the characters to happy, or relatively happy, endings, and to send viewers out not regretting their investment of time.— Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
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As in the less conclusive first season, it feels engineered to deliver the characters to happy, or relatively happy, endings, and to send viewers out not regretting their investment of time.— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
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The damage from 39 days of bombing is irrefutable.— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
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The bottom of the play-in round is its own irrefutable verdict.— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
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Orbán’s grip on power, unquestionable for a decade and a half, suddenly looked vulnerable.— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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Hearts have melted online after a scared rescue dog bravely faced her fear in order to join her owner, with many viewers praising her unquestionable courage and determination.— Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
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But in terms of execution, control, and unarguable results?— Scott Gilbertson Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 19 Sep. 2025
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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
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The feeling of well-being is tangible, and incontrovertible.— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
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Beauty’s at-times reluctance to embrace TikTok Shop as a channel mirrors the industry’s longtime disinclination toward Amazon, an attitude that has shifted in recent years as the e-commerce giant’s beauty business has grown at an incontrovertible clip.— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
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The preparation was indisputable.— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
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The indisputable facts prove this.— James Speyer, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
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Californians have been conditioned to consider recycling to be an unchallengeable proposition.— Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
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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
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This Japandi design will look great in your forever home, too, of course, with its light wash wood and indubitable Donald Judd-ness.— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 16 Mar. 2026
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In 2025, Rebecca Yarros is that genre’s indubitable champion.— Rebecca Yarros, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Unanswerable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/unanswerable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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