unanswered

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌʌˈnænsɜrd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Not answered or replied to; left without a response.; Not resolved or explained; remaining open or uncertain.; Not reciprocated or returned, as in feelings or affection.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

unanswered questionunanswered prayerunanswered callunanswered emailremain unansweredleft unansweredgo unanswered

Derivatives

unanswerableunanswerably

Synonyms

unresolvedunrepliedunacknowledgedignoredunaddressed

Antonyms

answeredresolvedaddressedacknowledged

Commonly confused

unanswerable
EN: 'Unanswerable' means impossible to answer (inherent quality); 'unanswered' means not yet answered (temporary state).

Spelling tips

EN: No common spelling issues. Note the prefix 'un-' is attached directly without a hyphen.

💬 Examples

  1. She left several emails unanswered for days.

  2. The mystery remains one of history's great unanswered questions.

  3. He suffered from unanswered love for many years.