Disanswerable

/dɪsˈænsərəbəl/ adjective

Definition

Impossible to answer or respond to; not capable of being answered adequately.

Etymology

From dis- (reversal, negation) + answerable (able to be answered, responsible). Answerable comes from answer + -able suffix.

Kelly Says

Some of life's biggest questions—'Why do we exist?' or 'What happens after death?'—might be fundamentally disanswerable, which is why philosophy and religion have explored them for thousands of years without definitive answers.

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