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unanswered

ADJECTIVE
not answered
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ignored
WEAK
not explained not responded to pending tabled without reply
Antonyms
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answered certain decided determined mutual reciprocated requited responded to returned settled shared
ADJECTIVE
not refuted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
debatable moot unchallenged undecided undetermined unnoticed unsettled
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disputed in doubt open uncertain unquestioned unrefuted up in the air
Antonyms
STRONGEST
certain decided definite determined settled sure undoubted
WEAK
answered mutual reciprocated requited responded to returned shared
ADJECTIVE
not returned
Synonyms
STRONGEST
unrequited
WEAK
unreciprocated unreturned
Antonyms
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answered certain decided determined mutual reciprocated requited responded to returned settled shared

Example Sentences

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The market is returning to its global growth playbook, with investors now seemingly speculating that the war in Iran may end soon — despite many unanswered questions, according to JPMorgan.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Perhaps emboldened by Pyongyang's new closeness to Russia, Trump's comment in October that he was "100 percent" open to meeting Kim again went unanswered.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“What we’re seeing is that supporting trans people isn’t unpopular — it’s that the loudest opposition has gone unanswered in some places,” Hack said.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

The roughly 38 minutes of music on “Electrical Field of Love” express a clear musical intent shrouded in sonic mysteries, with one unanswered question: What’s in the other five-plus hours?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But then the farther from home I got, the more doorbells started to go unanswered.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas