irresolvable

Examples

• All

• Throughout the Northern Hemisphere, nations and aggregates of nation-states face seemingly irresolvable contradictions in political economy.

  Academic text (2011)

• The irresolvable word/object tension is what gives the work its force.

  Academic text (2005)

• Then again, you yourself said this is an irresolvable non-problem.

  Blog text (32)

• Fundamental disagreement, as we're going to see in the fourth, turns out to be irresolvable, right?

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• As these writers make clear, museum collections present an unresolved, perhaps irresolvable, problem for contemporary American Indians.

  Academic text (2009)

• Finally, the differences are structurally irresolvable, since both sides demand that the other conform to their cultural sensibilities.

  Academic text (2003)

• The first part of this article analyzes the irresolvable paradox of the Turkish Republic by examining the process of "othering" Islam.

  Academic text (2000)

• Tran Do, like many other Vietnamese, recognized the irresolvable contradiction between a market economy, essential for Vietnamese economic development, and the socialist direction of the VCP.

  Academic text (2000)

• Furthermore, three months into the process, a seemingly irresolvable deadlock developed over Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) standards for the southern states.

  Academic text (1998)

• The negotiations reached a point where the two sides acknowledged that their differences were irresolvable.

Synonyms

I

insurmountable

vsirresolvable

33 8.5

Impossible to get past

relates to solving or settling something rather than merely getting past it

U

unsolvable

vsirresolvable

8 5.3

Not possible to find an answer

is the same idea but uses an alternate form

U

unanswerable

vsirresolvable

7 6.8

Not possible to reply to in a way that convinces people

concerns the same unsolvability but aimed at solutions or settlement

U

unfixable

vsirresolvable

3 4.9

Impossible to repair or make work again

focuses on impossibility to solve or settle rather than repair

I

insoluble

vsirresolvable

3 7.5

Too difficult to solve or deal with, like a problem

expresses the same impossibility using a different word form

U

unresolvable

vsirresolvable

1 8.2

Not able to be solved or settled

means the same impossibility but in another form

I

insolvable

vsirresolvable

1 8.1

No one can find an answer to it

is the same idea but expressed in a different form

I

irremediable

vsirresolvable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

is about being impossible to solve, settle, or conclude rather than only heal

U

unsurmountable

vsirresolvable

1 8.1

Impossible to overcome or get past, like a problem you cannot solve

focuses on being unsolvable or unfinishable rather than an obstacle to pass

U

unsoluble

vsirresolvable

9.4

Not able to be fixed or changed

is the same basic meaning but with a different spelling form

U

unfigurable

vsirresolvable

9.9

Impossible to understand or solve

emphasizes inability to reach a conclusion rather than just understanding

I

inexpugnable

vsirresolvable

9.9

No one can beat or prove it wrong

is about being impossible to solve or conclude rather than only unbeatable

Antonyms

S

solvable

7 3.2

A problem you can find an answer to

R

resolvable

1 4.4

A problem that can be solved or fixed

How Solvable

easy

∞ 1.0

solvable

7 3.2

challenging

183 4.4

difficult

∞ 1.6

intractable

22 8.7

irresolvable

1 7.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology