unanswerable

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Instead, the team broke down their unanswerable question—will the breeding program work—into four smaller, more tractable assumptions:

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Together was a creation of the young, with their devastating and unanswerable insight: “You’re leaving—we’re coming.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

But the perpetually unanswerable question is whether they will be up to whatever comes next.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

For director Alex Ross Perry, it boiled down to the admittedly unanswerable question of whether the band in its time could have been bigger than it was.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

“Are you a friend?” she asked, which struck me as one of those unintentionally broad and unanswerable questions.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green