Antonyms for unanswered


Grammar : Adj
Spell : an-ser, ahn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn sər, ˈɑn-


Definition of unanswered

Origin :
  • late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of answer.
  • adj not answered
  • adj not refuted
  • adj not returned
Example sentences :
  • Return me not this with contempt, or torn, or unanswered, I beseech you.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • They are ordinary, and leave many questions, which we wanted to ask, unanswered.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • There was the sharp challenge of a guard, unanswered; the futile hiss of a weapon.
  • Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • My despatches are unreplied to, my questions all unanswered.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • Hazlitt slipped like a shadow out of his mind—an unanswered question.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • This was a question to which it was so difficult to find a reply, that she left it unanswered.
  • Extract from : « Miss Mackenzie » by Anthony Trollope
  • She thought of his unanswered letter and climbed out of bed at once.
  • Extract from : « Tutors' Lane » by Wilmarth Lewis
  • The seconds ran to minutes, and the dreadful question was unanswered.
  • Extract from : « Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) » by F. Marion Crawford
  • His question was unanswered, for Miss Amabel appeared on the scene.
  • Extract from : « Bulbs and Blossoms » by Amy Le Feuvre
  • In short, we began by asking a question, and must end by leaving it unanswered.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 » by Various

Synonyms for unanswered

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