"answerless" meaning in English

See answerless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarō Proto-Germanic *andaswarō Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru Old English andswaru Middle English answere English answer Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English answerless From answer + -less. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|answer&lt;id:response&gt;|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarō Proto-Germanic *andaswarō Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru Old English andswaru Middle English answere English answer Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English answerless [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "front", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ent-", "gloss" : "face, forehead; front", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "amphikinetic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂énts", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*anda-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "swear", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", 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"*leusaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-laus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-lēas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-les", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-less", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "answerless", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="answerless"> From answer + -less., {{ety|en|:af|answer&lt;id:response&gt;|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarō Proto-Germanic *andaswarō Proto-West Germanic *andaswaru Old English andswaru Middle English answere English answer Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English answerless From answer + -less. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} answerless (not comparable)
  1. Having or producing no answer. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. Not capable of being answered; unanswerable. Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: answerlessly, answerlessness
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    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₁-",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer- (swear)",
    "English terms suffixed with -less",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "answerlessly"
    },
    {
      "word": "answerlessness"
    }
  ],
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      "*h₂ent-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ent-#Proto-Indo-European:_front"
    ],
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      "*-s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-s#Proto-Indo-European:_amphikinetic"
    ],
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      "*h₂énts",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énts"
    ],
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      "*anda-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/anda-"
    ],
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      "*swer-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swer-#Proto-Indo-European:_swear"
    ],
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      "*swarō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swarō"
    ],
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      "*andaswarō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/andaswarō"
    ],
    [
      "*andaswaru",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/andaswaru"
    ],
    [
      "andswaru",
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    ],
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      "answere",
      "answere#Middle_English:_noun"
    ],
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      "answer",
      "answer#English:_response"
    ],
    [
      "*lewh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewh₁-"
    ],
    [
      "*leusaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/leusaną"
    ],
    [
      "*lausaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lausaz"
    ],
    [
      "*-lausaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-lausaz"
    ],
    [
      "*-laus",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-laus"
    ],
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      "-lēas",
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    ],
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      "-les",
      "-les#Middle_English"
    ],
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      "-less",
      "-less#English"
    ],
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      "answer",
      "answer#English:_response"
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      "-less",
      "-less#English"
    ]
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        "Having or producing no answer."
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        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
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          "capable"
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          "answered"
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}

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