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  • adjective That cannot be asked.

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un- +‎ askable

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  • And the challenge of our time is neither the arrogant dismissal of religious life and heritage, nor the rigid insistence that all metaphysical questions are already answered or unaskable, but a humble openness to history and science and revelation in the journey of faith.

    More on Robert Wright's The Evolution of God William Harryman 2009

  • And my personal favorite: "the challenge of our time is neither the arrogant dismissal of religious life and heritage, nor the rigid insistence that all metaphysical questions are already answered or unaskable, but a humble openness to history and science and revelation in the journey of faith."

    Andrew Sullivan reviews Robert Wright's `The Evolution of God' | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • You're not afraid to ask for the unaskable, because employees are using the Internet to find ways to do it.

    Jack Welch Goes Surfing 2008

  • Moreover, as it becomes known that different skin colors have different gpa distributions, the gpa question will become suspect and unaskable.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Whether Affirmative Action in Law Schools Backfires on Prospective Black Lawyers: 2007

  • Moreover, as it becomes known that different skin colors have different gpa distributions, the gpa question will become suspect and unaskable.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Whether Affirmative Action in Law Schools Backfires on Prospective Black Lawyers: 2007

  • Are humans brave enough to ponder the unaskable What if?

    What God Wants Neale Donald Walsch 2005

  • The harder sciences also can stand to gain a lot from digitization of things like hand-written/typed temperature logs; once the information is scanned and manipulable in large-scale data analysis, previously unaskable questions can be answered.

    Archive 2005-12-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2005

  • The harder sciences also can stand to gain a lot from digitization of things like hand-written/typed temperature logs; once the information is scanned and manipulable in large-scale data analysis, previously unaskable questions can be answered.

    Massive Digitization Projects Rebecca Tushnet 2005

  • You must encourage everyone, from your top managers on down to your line workers, to ask the formerly unaskable questions: Why do we do it this way?

    Evolutionary Leadership Susan Annunzio Julie Liesse 2001

  • Having studied up on the company and read the list of unaskable questions, Callaway pulled no punches with the three CCH leaders on the podium.

    Evolutionary Leadership Susan Annunzio Julie Liesse 2001

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