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

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

Unanswerable, un-an′sėr-a-bl, adj. not answerable or capable of refutation.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various