Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not answered; not replied to; not opposed by a reply: as, an unanswered letter.
  • Not refuted: as, an unanswered argument.
  • Not suitably returned; unrequited.

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

  • adjective Not answered; not replied to.
  • adjective Not refuted.
  • adjective Not responded to in kind; unrequited.

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  • adjective That has not been answered or addressed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not returned in kind

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un- +‎ answered

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