"unanswerable" meaning in All languages combined

See unanswerable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/ [UK] Audio: en-us-unanswerable.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: more unanswerable [comparative], most unanswerable [superlative]
Etymology: un- + answerable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|answerable}} un- + answerable Head templates: {{en-adj}} unanswerable (comparative more unanswerable, superlative most unanswerable)
  1. Not answerable; impossible to answer. Synonyms: answerless Translations (not answerable; impossible to answer): onbeantwoordbaar (Dutch), antwoordloos (Dutch), unbeantwortbar (German), antwortlos (German), dofhreagartha (Irish), irrespondível (Portuguese), sem resposta/respostas (Portuguese), iresponsabil [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-unanswerable-en-adj-Rind0WYT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 47 6 Disambiguation of 'not answerable; impossible to answer': 94 6
  2. Impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive. Synonyms: indisputable Translations (impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive): dobhréagnaithe (Irish), dosháraithe (Irish), bezsporny (Polish), irrespondível (Portuguese), irrefutável (Portuguese), irreplicável (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-unanswerable-en-adj-voGYf~yR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 47 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 30 43 27 Disambiguation of 'impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unaunswerable [obsolete, rare] Related terms: answerless, unanswerability, unanswerableness, unanswerably

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/ [UK] Audio: en-us-unanswerable.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: unanswerables [plural]
Etymology: un- + answerable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|answerable}} un- + answerable Head templates: {{en-noun}} unanswerable (plural unanswerables)
  1. Something that cannot be answered.
    Sense id: en-unanswerable-en-noun-E7CqpD3F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unaunswerable [obsolete, rare]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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