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unanswerability

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Unanswerableness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being unanswerable; unanswerableness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being unanswerable.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ answerability

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Examples

  • And it was the Dubai Ports deal which exposed the seemingly arbitrary fashion, and unanswerability to any other branch of government which was disturbing.

    China Sole Manufacturer of Material for U.S. Missiles 2006

  • The very men who deplored the fact were now ready to recognize a certain unanswerability which makes force so formidable a matter.

    BALANCE OF POWER HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968

  • Your objection is answered with an ease which is nearly in the ratio of its apparent unanswerability. —

    Tales. 1845

  • The layers of anger, guilt and what many would call blind faith that surround the case, however, have given it a tragic intensity, making the unanswerability of the questions seem profoundly painful.

    NYT > Home Page By MIKE HALE 2011

  • _ Your objection is answered with an ease which is nearly in the ratio of its apparent unanswerability.

    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 Edgar Allan Poe 1829

  • It's an age-old inquiry, one that has for decades (if not centuries) provoked debate, discussion and too many punch lines to count - all inspired by what many assumed was the question's essential unanswerability.

    NYT > Home Page By ALANA NEWHOUSE 2010

  • For some of us, faith is a positioning of our lives upon a fulcrum of possibility, challenging us to live with the unanswerability of the questions it poses and the doubts it accommodates.

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments Jonas VanGee 2008

  • For some of us, faith is a positioning of our lives upon a fulcrum of possibility, challenging us to live with the unanswerability of the questions it poses and the doubts it accommodates.

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments Jon M 2008

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