unanswerable
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Unanswerable concepts, like: “Why am I a failure?”
From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2017
Some 30 pupils from Chirnside Primary School will perform a philosophy play called "Unanswerable Questions", co-written with their drama teacher Eloner Crawford.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2011
Unanswerable was the previous week's thrust at Columnist McIntyre when sardonic Westbrook Pegler made his entire syndicated column a stinging parody of "New York Day By Day."
From Time Magazine Archive
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But I did not expect his answer: “The Weaver will refuse it. Unanswerable questions have wrecked Foretelling groups.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Unanswerable, grim questions, and now she no longer had herself to fear for.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Norris, Frank