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answerless

answerless

7.8
Impossible to find a solution
  • adjective
  • /ˈænsərləs/
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  • The detective was confronted with an answerless scenario that complicated the investigation.

Examples

  • But puns, unlike Riddle Riddle sorry, answerless riddles, proliferate, though they clearly can lead to dead ends.

  • The teacher posed an answerless question that left the students puzzled.

  • Many people face answerless dilemmas when trying to solve complex problems.

Synonyms

unsolvable
vsanswerless
8 5.3

Not possible to find an answer

covers things that lack any reply, not only those hard to work out
unanswerable
vsanswerless
7 6.8

Not possible to reply to in a way that convinces people

is broader, meaning simply lacking any solution rather than stressing being refuted

Antonyms

answerable
2 3.6

Able to be solved or explained, for example a question

How Answerable

answerable
2 3.6
difficult
∞ 1.6
answerless
7.8

Surface Forms

answerless positive

Morphology

answerless = answer (transparent) = answer + less

Formed by the productive suffix '-less' added to 'answer' meaning 'without answer', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Answerless comes from answer and the ending -less, where answer means 'a reply' and -less means 'without', like in hopeless. So an answerless riddle is one that has no solution or cannot be answered.