Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not answered; not replied to; not opposed by a reply: as, an unanswered letter.
- Not refuted: as, an unanswered argument.
- Not suitably returned; unrequited.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not answered; not replied to.
- adjective Not refuted.
- adjective Not responded to in kind; unrequited.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That has not been
answered or addressed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not returned in kind
Etymologies
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Examples
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The decision to explode two atomic bombs over a civil population will remain unanswered from the annals of history.
Global Voices in English » Japan: We will not forget Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2009
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Many questions about his interrogation remain unanswered but two legs of the three-legged stool are firmly in place.
Discourse.net: At the Sharp End: The Highest Officials Authorize Torture of a Clerk 2009
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Countless questions about the spill itself remain unanswered: What are the long-term ecological effects?
The Religious Mandate To Not Abandon The Gulf Josh Fleet 2010
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Countless questions about the spill itself remain unanswered: What are the long-term ecological effects?
The Religious Mandate To Not Abandon The Gulf Josh Fleet 2010
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Countless questions about the spill itself remain unanswered: What are the long-term ecological effects?
The Religious Mandate To Not Abandon The Gulf The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Still unanswered is where the Tax Policy Center got those numbers for the 1% and. 1% group.
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The main unanswered question for me, aside from the Dharma issue, is Widmore – what the hell was his deal?
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So, we thought the best thing to do, given the information that had come forward in unanswered questions, I asked the state law enforcement division to look into it, McMaster said on CNN's American Morning.
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Still unanswered is where the Tax Policy Center got those numbers for the 1% and. 1% group.
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Still unanswered is the actual difference between the two and if the equipment is the same.
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