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

To bring the most unserious of serious topics to life, BBC Sport recently asked about 250 of its staff across the UK to take on the unanswerable question.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

As a filmmaker and a visual art, he looks intently, hoping to glean answers to questions that feel unanswerable.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin