unanswerability

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanswerability
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
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
Noun
  • Sega Bodega) have created with their Arabic shoegaze duo is one swathed in chic esotericism and slow-burning eros.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 1 June 2026
  • His roots offer some clues to understanding his esotericism.
    Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That intrigue and mysteriousness still rest in the canyon walls today.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Or perhaps the vagueness stems from casting a mish-mash of Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Chinese and American actors.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Leadership teams that are ready for change treat ambiguity as part of the job.
    Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The report released last year from the Office of Performance Evaluations found the money’s use wasn’t addressed in state law, which led to inconsistencies and ambiguity on what it can be used for.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • The first point is that its obscurity contributes to its popularity.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • After Daniel Jones tore his ACL late last season, the quarterback position has some murkiness for the Colts entering 2026.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
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“Unanswerability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanswerability. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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