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
There are many more unanswerable questions about BCI’s value proposition.
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Naveen Rao, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Efforts to codify these differences started with simple yet initially unanswerable questions: Are ebikes legal in bike lanes?
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
That’s a fundamental, perhaps unanswerable, question.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
Like other posthumous releases by trailblazers from Jimi Hendrix to J Dilla, this one is haunted by unanswerable questions.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
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Naveen Rao, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Efforts to codify these differences started with simple yet initially unanswerable questions: Are ebikes legal in bike lanes?
—Matt Jancer, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
That’s a fundamental, perhaps unanswerable, question.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024
Like other posthumous releases by trailblazers from Jimi Hendrix to J Dilla, this one is haunted by unanswerable questions.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unanswerable
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Whisker Labs’ data, which does not provide conclusive evidence about how a wildfire began, could play a pivotal role in helping to determine the cause of the Eaton fire, which increasingly has focused on possible electrical failures on the transmission network in Eaton Canyon.—
Ivan Penn,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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No conclusive evidence has been found to back either theory—scientists have not identified one animal that might have infected humans first, and investigators have not found proof that one of the Wuhan labs was working on a virus that led to the pandemic.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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If irrefutable evidence of Russian malfeasance is found, NATO will have moved another step closer to confronting its adversary.—
Sarah Dean,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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Hence, the population loss was bandied about Red America as irrefutable evidence of the blue state’s social collapse, its moral rot and the failings of its left-leaning political leadership.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Jimmie Johnson's place in NASCAR's history is unquestionable.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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Regardless, what is unquestionable is that Mr. Biden has pushed the presidential pardon power into new ground.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Lakers have fired coach Darvin Ham after two seasons, both of which had some unarguable successes and both of which ended with the Lakers losing to Denver in the playoffs.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2024
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Here, however, is a simple, clear, and unarguable case for taking immediate action.—
Mustafa Suleyman,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2023
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Despite intersex invisibility in broader society, our incontrovertible existence demonstrates that Trump’s order is neither based in reality nor biology.—
Alicia Roth Weigel,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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When senators read from their self-aggrandizing scripts, the resemblance to play actors is incontrovertible.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2025
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Two high-profile celebrity marriages and plenty of box office hits later, Moore's place in Hollywood's firmament is indisputable.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Legal precedents and constitutional protections make Harris' eligibility for the presidency indisputable, despite misinformation circulating on social media.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Regular board and executive succession planning, with a balance of independent directors, can ensure the right questions are asked and no single person becomes unchallengeable.—
James Henderson,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
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Unlike Biden, Trump’s intraparty position is nearly unchallengeable.—
The Editors,
National Review,
3 July 2024
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The DeSantis announcement is an indubitable win for Musk.—
Scott Nover,
Quartz,
24 May 2023
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There is all of a sudden one Way of Knowing which presents us with indubitable truths.—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
13 Dec. 2010
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