unanswerable

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• UK: /ʌnˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/
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• Mid-Atlantic, US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AE1 N S ER0 AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English answer Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English answerable English unanswerable From un- + answerable.

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: onbeantwoordbaar — not answerable; impossible to answer
• Dutch: antwoordloos — not answerable; impossible to answer
• German: unbeantwortbar — not answerable; impossible to answer
• German: antwortlos — not answerable; impossible to answer
• Irish: dofhreagartha — not answerable; impossible to answer
• Portuguese: irrespondível — not answerable; impossible to answer
• Portuguese: sem resposta/respostas — not answerable; impossible to answer
• Romanian: iresponsabil — not answerable; impossible to answer
• Irish: dobhréagnaithe — impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive
• Irish: dosháraithe — impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive
• Polish: bezsporny — impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive
• Portuguese: irrespondível — impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive
• Portuguese: irrefutável — impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive
• Portuguese: irreplicável — impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive