Unanswered
[ʌn'ɑːnsəd] or [ʌn'ɑnsɚd]
Definition
(adj.) not returned in kind; 'unrequited (unanswered) love' .
Edited by Dwight--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not answered; not replied; as, an unanswered letter.
(a.) Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument.
(a.) Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered affection.
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Examples
- The daughter of Matai Shang is not accustomed to having her queries remain unanswered, she said. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- For a few moments she was unanswered. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Such a conclusion could not pass unanswered by Mrs. Weston. Jane Austen. Emma.
- There is, however, I said, a previous question which remains unanswered. Plato. The Republic.
- There is no record of the reception of this missive, and presumably it went unanswered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Archer rose to go, and as his hand met Madame Olenska's he felt that she was waiting for him to make some allusion to her unanswered letter. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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