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Meanings of unanswerable in English

Unanswerable.

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Usage of unanswerable in English
1
It leaves the story as an unanswerable question mark over my family.
The Guardian
2
He wanted to speak, to urge, to use some final, unanswerable argument.
Vlad. The Last Confession
3
At that unanswerable appeal the lock was heard turning in the door.
Man and Wife
4
It had the importance of extreme finality; his answer to everything, unanswerable.
The Romantic
5
The range and direction of Chelsea's passing was almost unanswerable at times.
The Guardian
6
Florou was in the habit of resorting to this argument as unanswerable.
Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian
7
The total disappearance of the body is an unanswerable argument against it.
Castles in the Air
8
Even as I write it now I know that it is unanswerable.
The Turtles of Tasman
9
This retort was so evidently unanswerable that Lady Alicia changed her inquiry.
The Lunatic at Large
10
Our severest retorts are unanswerable because nobody is present to answer them.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 / Negligible Tal...
11
But I will give reasons, and unanswerable reasons, for what I say.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
12
I, therefore, venture to suggest this beautiful and unanswerable method of non-co-operation.
Freedom's Battle / Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings ...
13
That seemed unanswerable- aperfectexcuse for doing what she wished to do.
The Cost
14
The dullest man present could see that the captain's reply was unanswerable.
The Frozen Deep
15
Her logic seemed unanswerable, so together we gradually acted on her suggestions.
Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897
16
His mind, confronted by a painful complexity of unanswerable problems, failed utterly.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
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