unansweredadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɑːnsəd/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈansəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈænsərd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [adjective] > not answered or responded to
unanswered1390
unreturneda1643
unreciprocated1783
unreplied1838
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > proved false, refuted > not
unanswered1390
undisproved1579
unrefuted1588
unrebutted1793
unbelied1834
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 250 Bot for nothing that evere he can He mihte as thanne noght ben herd, So that his cleym is unansuerd.
1464 Cov. Leet Bk. 323 That hit were doughtfull sich suggestion to remayn vnanswered.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere iii. p. cclxxxi Tyndale wolde haue sayed I hadde dissymyled, and lefte vnanswered his chyefe reason of all.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 22 [They began] to shoote at the castle with great furie, which was not leaft vnanswered.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 228 Your Petition Is yet vn-answer'd. View more context for this quotation
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 37 The Art remains still unshaken, and it [= a book] unanswered.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) vi. iv Weary of my unanswered Groans, Yet still with never-ceasing Moans I languish for Relief.
1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. xi. 330 His unanswered observations contributed but little to enliven the walk.
1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 276 She has left my last letter unanswered.
1901 Spectator 20 July 92/2 The arguments so ably re-stated..are not only unanswered but unanswerable.
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adj.1390