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I'm against unanswerable concentrations of power, whether that be government or private industry or religious figures - anybody who is not accountable to the larger social climate or society for the power they wield, that concerns me. I'm very pro-democracy.
Daniel Suarez

Meaning of "unanswerable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNANSWERABLE

unanswerable  [ʌnˈɑːnsərəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNANSWERABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unanswerable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNANSWERABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unanswerable in the English dictionary

The definition of unanswerable in the dictionary is incapable of being refuted. Other definition of unanswerable is not admitting of any answer.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNANSWERABLE


admirable
ˈædmərəbəl
answerable
ˈɑːnsərəbəl
commensurable
kəˈmɛnsərəbəl
comparable
ˈkɒmpərəbəl
considerable
kənˈsɪdərəbəl
desirable
dɪˈzaɪərəbəl
durable
ˈdjʊərəbəl
exorable
ˈɛksərəbəl
honorable
ˈɒnərəbəl
honourable
ˈɒnərəbəl
inexorable
ɪnˈɛksərəbəl
lacerable
ˈlæsərəbəl
measurable
ˈmɛʒərəbəl
memorable
ˈmɛmərəbəl
miserable
ˈmɪzərəbəl
preferable
ˈprɛfərəbəl
recoverable
rɪˈkʌvərəbəl
undesirable
ˌʌndɪˈzaɪərəbəl
vulnerable
ˈvʌlnərəbəl
wearable
ˈwɛərəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNANSWERABLE

unanalyzed
unanchor
unaneled
unanimated
unanimity
unanimous
unanimously
unanimousness
unannealed
unannexed
unannotated
unannounced
unannoyed
unanswerability
unanswerableness
unanswerably
unanswered
unanticipated
unanticipatedly
unanxious

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNANSWERABLE

able
administrable
adorable
arable
deliverable
deplorable
impenetrable
incomparable
incurable
innumerable
inseparable
intolerable
operable
parable
pleasurable
separable
the Honourable
tolerable
transferable
unbearable
venerable

Synonyms and antonyms of unanswerable in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «UNANSWERABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unanswerable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unanswerable

Translation of «unanswerable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNANSWERABLE

Find out the translation of unanswerable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unanswerable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unanswerable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无法回答
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin respuesta
570 millions of speakers

English

unanswerable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिना जवाब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اجابة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неопровержимый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irrespondível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অকাট্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans réponse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat dijawab
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unwiderlegbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反論の余地のない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대답 할 수없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unanswerable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không cho trả lời
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பதில்கூறமுடியாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतुलनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cevaplanamaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incontestabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezsporny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неспростовний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unanswerable
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναπάντητο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onweerlegbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unanswerable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unanswerable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unanswerable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNANSWERABLE»

The term «unanswerable» is regularly used and occupies the 100.923 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNANSWERABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unanswerable

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4 QUOTES WITH «UNANSWERABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unanswerable.
1
Bill Ayers
I didn't respond to people thrusting microphones at me and asking me questions that were unanswerable in a sound bite.
2
Theodore Dalrymple
Many young people now end a discussion with the supposedly definitive and unanswerable statement that such is their opinion, and their opinion is just as valid as anyone else's. The fact is that our opinion on an infinitely large number of questions is not worth having, because everyone is infinitely ignorant.
3
Herman Hesse
But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking.
4
Daniel Suarez
I'm against unanswerable concentrations of power, whether that be government or private industry or religious figures - anybody who is not accountable to the larger social climate or society for the power they wield, that concerns me. I'm very pro-democracy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNANSWERABLE»

Discover the use of unanswerable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unanswerable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Five-Minute Philosopher: 80 Unquestionably Good Answers ...
Perhaps we should note that the kinds of questions we have so far been considering are among the fourteen unanswerable questions the Buddha remained silent about. Such speculations, he taught, cause “fever, unease, bewilderment and ...
Gerald Benedict, Gerald Benedict Author, 2013
2
Unanswerable Logic: A Series of Spiritual Discourses, Given ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Gales Forster, 2011
3
Metametaphysics: New Essays on the Foundations of Ontology
15. Answerable. and. Unanswerable. Questions. AMIE L. THOMASSON While fights about ontology rage on in the ring, there's long been a suspicion whispered in certain corners of the stadium that some of the fights aren't real. Granted, the ...
David Chalmers, David Manley, Ryan Wasserman, 2009
4
Questions and Questioning
2. Unanswerable. Questions?*. by. MORITZ. SCHLICK. It is natural that mankind should take great pride in the steady advance of its knowledge. The joy we feel in the contemplation of scientific progress is fully justified. One problem after ...
Michel Meyer, 1988
5
Scholastic Meditations
An example of such globally unanswerable questions can be provided by nontrivial but yet inherently uninstantiable predicates along the lines of • “What idea is there that has never occurred to anybody?” • “What occurrence is there that no ...
Nicholas Rescher, 2005
6
Asking Mystery: A Philosophical Inquiry
The dismissal of the debarer's misology is necessary, but there is a persisrence of its enmity in other forms. We may launch this effort by asking Are philosophical questions unanswerable? If we say yes, they are unanswerable, then it seems ...
Michael Gelven, 2010
7
Surrender and Catch: Experience and Inquiry Today
Such as: In this late historical phase, when there is even a sense in which we might be past history, religion may well appear as the mood embraced in an effort to come to terms with two unanswerable questions - it is the phase in our history in ...
K.H. Wolff, 1976
8
The Gospel of Mark
THE UNANSWERABLE ARGUMENT Mark 2:7-12 Some of the experts in the law were sitting there, and they were debating within themselves, 'How can this fellow speak like this? He is insulting God. Who can forgive sins except one person ...
William Barclay, 1956
9
The Gathering of Reason: Second Edition
order that there be no finally unanswerable questions, in order that the very means needed to ask the question suffice for answering it? The questions being contested in the antinomies make use of the general cosmological idea of world.
John Sallis, 2012
10
Metaphysical Investigations
This question would still be unanswerable even if we did not use the word 'exist' but instead raise the question in a different way by asking how many possible nonexistent mermaids there are. Even if we suppose that there are possible ...
Ramon M. Lemos, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNANSWERABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unanswerable is used in the context of the following news items.
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The case for an arms boycott of Israel is now unanswerable
What would it take for Britain to stop arming Israel? Not, it seems, last summer's carnage in Gaza, in which 2,205 Palestinians, including 521 children, were killed ... «Middle East Eye, Jul 15»
2
Brock Lesnar's Final Exit Leaves UFC Fans with Unanswerable
It's a testament to Brock Lesnar's greatness that anybody even still wanted the guy. That's not an insult; it's a compliment. At 37 years old and on the heels of two ... «Bleacher Report, Mar 15»
3
Michael Den Tandt: Opposition parties facing an unanswerable
Whether by guile or dumb luck or both, the Conservative government has manoeuvred both main Opposition parties, the Liberals in particular, into a cul-de-sac ... «National Post, Mar 15»
4
Don't Confirm Loretta Lynch
An unanswerable question hangs over the nomination of Loretta Lynch for attorney general: Is Republican opposition to her more racist or sexist? «National Review Online, Mar 15»
5
Answering the unanswerable: An exclusive excerpt from Know It All
How large can raindrops get? Can the heart cramp up like any other muscle? Why do wet things smell more than dry ones? Every day, countless ... «National Post, Feb 15»
6
Case for sanctions investigation is "unanswerable"
Reports today of a rise in the number of sanctions underline the need for an investigation into the DWP sanctioning practices, the SNP has said. «SNP, Feb 15»
7
The Unanswerable Question of Identity
shutterstock 52198933 The 2014 census in Moldova is meant to give a clear picture as to how Moldovans identify themselves in relation to language and ... «New Eastern Europe, Nov 14»
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The Death of Oscar Taveras, and the Unanswerable Questions of …
Chad Finn writes the Touching All the Bases column for Boston.com and is the media columnist for the Globe. TATB was an EPPY Award finalist in 2012 and '13 ... «Boston.com, Oct 14»
9
How to answer Oxford's unanswerable questions
As the deadline for Oxbridge Ucas applications arrives, the University of Oxford have released a set of sample interview questions in an attempt to explain some ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
10
Tyreek Hill and the unanswerable question
When x's and o's are drawn up on the chalkboard, one of the very last things that a defensive coordinator looks to account for is how to cover the running back on ... «Football Study Hall, Sep 14»

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