how to pronounce unanswerable

/ʌnˈɑːn.səɹ.ə.bəl/

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unanswerable is pronounced in five syllables

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ʌnɑːnsəɹəbəl

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An example use of unanswerable in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… these might be unanswerable questions we …”

meanings of unanswerable

adjective:

  1. Not answerable; impossible to answer.
  2. Impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive.

noun:

  1. Something that cannot be answered.

unanswerable frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word unanswerable occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics unanswerable can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unanswerable can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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