Unanswerable
adjective
Something that you cannot argue against because it is too strong or too accurate.
She made an unanswerable argument in favor of her proposal.
Often appears as...
- unanswerable appeal
- unanswerable argument
adjective
A question or problem that is impossible to answer or solve.
The mystery of the missing diamond is unanswerable.
Often appears as...
- unanswerable question
- unanswerable problem
adjective
Something that you cannot argue against because it is too strong or too accurate.
She made an unanswerable argument in favor of her proposal.
Often appears as...
- unanswerable appeal
- unanswerable argument
adjective
A question or problem that is impossible to answer or solve.
The mystery of the missing diamond is unanswerable.
Often appears as...
- unanswerable question
- unanswerable problem
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Rhetorical Strength
Used for describing arguments or statements that are so strong, they end discussions or debates.
Her unanswerable objection left the committee in silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Dispute
Emphasize it when something is believed to be absolutely true or certain and cannot be disputed or challenged.
The scientist presented unanswerable evidence that confirmed the theory.
Pro Tip 3/3Endorse Strength
Use it to show your support for someone's point that you think can't be contradicted effectively.
I have to admit, his points were unanswerable.
Pro Tip 1/3Rhetorical Strength
Used for describing arguments or statements that are so strong, they end discussions or debates.
Her unanswerable objection left the committee in silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Dispute
Emphasize it when something is believed to be absolutely true or certain and cannot be disputed or challenged.
The scientist presented unanswerable evidence that confirmed the theory.
Pro Tip 3/3Endorse Strength
Use it to show your support for someone's point that you think can't be contradicted effectively.
I have to admit, his points were unanswerable.
Pro Tip 1/3Rhetorical Strength
Used for describing arguments or statements that are so strong, they end discussions or debates.
Her unanswerable objection left the committee in silence.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Dispute
Emphasize it when something is believed to be absolutely true or certain and cannot be disputed or challenged.
The scientist presented unanswerable evidence that confirmed the theory.
Pro Tip 3/3Endorse Strength
Use it to show your support for someone's point that you think can't be contradicted effectively.
I have to admit, his points were unanswerable.
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Video examples
How big is infinity? -...
that you can never prove that the continuum hypothesis is true. Taken together, these results mean that there are unanswerable questions in mathematics. A very stunning conclusion. Mathematics is rightly considered the pinnacle of human reasoning, but we now know that even mathematics has its limitations.
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How big is infinity? -...
that you can never prove that the continuum hypothesis is true. Taken together, these results mean that there are unanswerable questions in mathematics. A very stunning conclusion. Mathematics is rightly considered the pinnacle of human reasoning, but we now know that even mathematics has its limitations.
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Quote examples
Ben Shapiro
American Author
By giving professors jobs for life, universities create a feeling of unanswerable power among too many. Tenured professors who are uninterested in serving the student body are less likely to respond favorably to criticism, and are more likely to feel the freedom to intimidate or harass those with opposing viewpoints.
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W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to their faith in us to help them navigate life's treacheries. Don't we, also, have unanswerable questions about the vagaries of modern existence for which the answer is beyond human grasp, so that only our faith can guide us?
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Theodore Dalrymple
English Writer
Many young people now end a discussion with the supposedly definitive and unanswerable statement that such is their opinion, and their opinion is just as valid as anyone else's. The fact is that our opinion on an infinitely large number of questions is not worth having, because everyone is infinitely ignorant.
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Greg Grandin
American Historian
The question of causality is complex. For some philosophers and physicists, time might not exist. And since cause-and-effect reasoning needs the concept of time - of one thing preceding another - the effort to establish causality is a mug's game, an infinite regression of increasingly unanswerable questions.
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Daniel Suarez
American Author
I'm against unanswerable concentrations of power, whether that be government or private industry or religious figures - anybody who is not accountable to the larger social climate or society for the power they wield, that concerns me. I'm very pro-democracy.
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C. S. Lewis
British Writer
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
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Bill Ayers
American Activist
I didn't respond to people thrusting microphones at me and asking me questions that were unanswerable in a sound bite.
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Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking.
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Diane Arbus
American Photographer
That is why people have jobs and pay checks... it helps keep you from unanswerable questions.
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Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
No prime minister, no government can expect to be unanswerable or unchallenged.
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Ben Shapiro
American Author
By giving professors jobs for life, universities create a feeling of unanswerable power among too many. Tenured professors who are uninterested in serving the student body are less likely to respond favorably to criticism, and are more likely to feel the freedom to intimidate or harass those with opposing viewpoints.
Quote examples
W. Bruce Cameron
American Author
Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to their faith in us to help them navigate life's treacheries. Don't we, also, have unanswerable questions about the vagaries of modern existence for which the answer is beyond human grasp, so that only our faith can guide us?
Quote examples
Theodore Dalrymple
English Writer
Many young people now end a discussion with the supposedly definitive and unanswerable statement that such is their opinion, and their opinion is just as valid as anyone else's. The fact is that our opinion on an infinitely large number of questions is not worth having, because everyone is infinitely ignorant.
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Greg Grandin
American Historian
The question of causality is complex. For some philosophers and physicists, time might not exist. And since cause-and-effect reasoning needs the concept of time - of one thing preceding another - the effort to establish causality is a mug's game, an infinite regression of increasingly unanswerable questions.
Quote examples
Daniel Suarez
American Author
I'm against unanswerable concentrations of power, whether that be government or private industry or religious figures - anybody who is not accountable to the larger social climate or society for the power they wield, that concerns me. I'm very pro-democracy.
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C. S. Lewis
British Writer
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
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Bill Ayers
American Activist
I didn't respond to people thrusting microphones at me and asking me questions that were unanswerable in a sound bite.
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Hermann Hesse
German Novelist
But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking.
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Diane Arbus
American Photographer
That is why people have jobs and pay checks... it helps keep you from unanswerable questions.
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Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
No prime minister, no government can expect to be unanswerable or unchallenged.
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