irresolvable

Examples

• All

• This process also creates irresolvable tensions where both viewpoints are mutually dependent on each other.

  Academic text (2006)

• The scientist noted that some problems in physics are often seen as irresolvable due to their complexity.

• During the debate, the two speakers highlighted their irresolvable differences on the issue.

Synonyms

I

inseparable

vsirresolvable

46 3.4

Cannot be divided and kept apart, like joined parts or very close friends

focuses on parts that cannot be told apart using observation or tools

I

indivisible

vsirresolvable

14 5.8

Cannot be split into parts

emphasises inability to tell or detect separate parts by instruments

I

irreducible

vsirresolvable

5 7.7

Impossible to make smaller or simpler

means parts also cannot be told apart by observation or tools

U

unobservable

vsirresolvable

1 8.0

Not able to be seen or noticed when you look

is broader, referring to parts that cannot be told apart by instruments

U

unanalyzable

vsirresolvable

1 8.9

Too complex to study or break into smaller parts

focuses on inability to detect separate elements with observation or tools

N

nonseparable

vsirresolvable

6.5

Cannot be taken apart into parts

is about parts that cannot be told apart by observation or instruments

I

indissociable

vsirresolvable

• Formal

8.2

You cannot separate it from the thing it is connected to

centres on parts that cannot be told apart by instruments or sight

U

undetachable

vsirresolvable

6.8

Not able to be separated from the thing it is attached to

instead highlights that parts cannot be told apart by observation

N

nonreducible

vsirresolvable

8.5

Not able to be made simpler or broken into smaller parts

adds that parts cannot be detected or told apart by instruments

U

undecomposable

vsirresolvable

• Specialized

9.9

Does not divide into simpler parts

is specifically about parts that cannot be detected by observation

I

infrangible

vsirresolvable

9.9

Very hard to break into parts

instead stresses that parts cannot be detected or told apart by observation

Antonyms

D

distinguishable

7 4.6

Easy to see or recognize as different from others

How Resolvable

distinguishable

7 4.6

separable

2 4.6

resolvable

1 4.4

irresolvable

• Specialized

8.7

indistinguishable

28 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology