unanswerable question

collocation in English

meaningsofunanswerableandquestion

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unanswerable
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈɑːn.sər.ə.bəl/us
/ʌnˈæn.sɚ.ə.bəl/
formal
If an argument or claim is unanswerable, people cannot disagree with it because it is so ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofunanswerableandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is still anunanswerablequestion.
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That is not anunanswerablequestion.
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I was asked a totallyunanswerablequestion.
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I think that is anunanswerablequestionin itself.
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I regret that that is a totallyunanswerablequestion.
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How do we resolve this perhapsunanswerablequestion?
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One outstanding convenience is that one does not have to answer theunanswerablequestiononeself.
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He was asked anotherunanswerablequestionabout whether the number of strikes would increase.
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That question is unanswerable, because it goes to the heart of the greatunanswerablequestion: what is man?
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But to discuss that would be to embark on another debate in order to answer yet one moreunanswerablequestion.
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Readers ever since have argued about whether they ever consummated their love, anunanswerablequestion.
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The metaphysical realist, however, is left with theunanswerablequestionhow the metaphysically real objects are converted into subjective percepts.
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