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# unanswered

«unanswered» in Mova's school dictionary: **not answered or not replied to: an unanswered question** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unanswered means not answered or not replied to: an unanswered question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanswered/#m1)

2) Unanswered can describe something not responded to, like a phone call or a challenge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanswered/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school an unanswered question on a test gets no marks. In stories and science, unanswered questions are mysteries still to solve. In church life people sometimes speak of unanswered prayers. Phrases: unanswered questions, left unanswered, an unanswered call.

### examples

- There were two unanswered questions on my test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanswered/#x1)
- The phone rang unanswered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanswered/#x2)
- Some questions about space are still unanswered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanswered/#x3)
- Her letter went unanswered for weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanswered/#x4)
- Don't leave any question unanswered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanswered/#x5)
- Some people feel their prayers are unanswered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanswered/#x6)

### note

Prefix un- (not) + answered. Often after «go», «remain» or «leave»: went unanswered, remained unanswered. Tip: in tests, answer every question; an unanswered one scores zero.

### In the corpora

- [Why some prayers seem unanswered is a hard question that Christians still discuss.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unanswered» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unanswered/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.