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Definitions

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
WEAK
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
WEAK
answered certain decided determined mutual reciprocated requited responded to returned settled shared

Example Sentences

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The total amount that the bill could put state taxpayers on the hook remains an unanswered question.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The series, Crime Next Door: Who Killed the Shakoors?, released last May, revisited the investigation and explored unanswered questions surrounding the fire.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Calls to the hospital, the Iranian Club and the Iranian Business Council went unanswered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

"Apollo Go, are you paralysed?" one person wrote on social media, alongside a video of unanswered calls to the company dialled from an in-car tablet.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Nor, any more than a prayer unanswered by God, was it returned.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.