Refutable and Unanswerable

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Refutable adjective - Able to be refuted.

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Unanswerable is an antonym for refutable.

Nearby Words: refute, refuted, refutation, refuting

Unanswerable adjective - Not capable of being challenged or proved wrong.

Usage example: the unanswerable assertion that she didn't know much about art but she knew what she liked

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Refutable is an antonym for unanswerable in topics: definite, beyond question.

Nearby Word: unanswered

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