UNANSWERABLE


Meaning of UNANSWERABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnɑ:nsərəb(ə)l, -æns- ]

1.

If you describe a question as unanswerable , you mean that it has no possible answer or that a particular person cannot possibly answer it.

They would ask their mother unanswerable questions.

ADJ

2.

If you describe a case or argument as unanswerable , you think that it is obviously true or correct and that nobody could disagree with it.

The argument for recruiting McGregor was unanswerable.

ADJ

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