unanswering

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adjective

Giving no answer; unresponsive.

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Meanings

adjectiveunanswering (not comparable)
  1. not comparableGiving no answer; unresponsive.

    Lying so, her face turned up against it, her stiffened lips kissing the very dumb, unanswering wood, a thought came to her.

    1869, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Men, Women, and Ghosts
    1 more example

    He shouted till he was hoarse, and till the sound of his own voice in all that unanswering and listening world began to frighten him.

    1910, Algernon Blackwood, The Wendigo

Origin

From un- + answering.

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APA

unanswering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unanswering

MLA

“unanswering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unanswering. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unanswering,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unanswering.

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