unfigurable

Examples

• All

• Some ancient codes remain unfigurable despite years of research by experts.

• He found the logic behind her decision completely unfigurable.

• The problem was completely unfigurable.

• Her emotions were so unfigurable that no one could help her.

• Despite hours of analysis, the hidden meaning in the poem remained unfigurable to the students.

• The complex riddle was so convoluted that it felt unfigurable to even the most experienced puzzlers.

• After many attempts, they realized the cause of the strange phenomenon was simply unfigurable.

Synonyms

U

unintelligible

vsunfigurable

∞ 8.6

Not clear enough to understand

also applies when something cannot be solved, not only when unclear

I

incomprehensible

vsunfigurable

46 8.8

Difficult or impossible to understand

also applies to things that cannot be solved or worked out

U

unsolvable

vsunfigurable

8 5.3

Not possible to find an answer

also applies when something cannot be understood or explained clearly

U

unfixable

vsunfigurable

3 4.9

Impossible to repair or make work again

focuses more on inability to be understood or explained than on repair

I

insoluble

vsunfigurable

3 7.5

Too difficult to solve or deal with, like a problem

also includes items that cannot be understood, not only incapable of solution

U

unresolvable

vsunfigurable

1 8.2

Not able to be solved or settled

also covers cases that cannot be understood, not only those unsolved

U

undecipherable

vsunfigurable

1 9.1

Very hard to read or understand

also covers general cases that cannot be solved or fully understood

I

irresolvable

vsunfigurable

1 7.9

Impossible for people to solve or settle

also applies to matters that cannot be understood as well as unsettled ones

U

ungraspable

vsunfigurable

1 8.6

Difficult to understand even after thinking about it

also covers cases that cannot be solved or worked out in practice

U

uninterpretable

vsunfigurable

1 8.2

Not possible to understand or explain

also applies when something cannot be solved or made sense of

I

insolvable

vsunfigurable

1 8.1

No one can find an answer to it

also refers to things that cannot be understood or made sense of

U

unanalyzable

vsunfigurable

1 8.9

Too complex to study or break into smaller parts

is about being impossible to be understood or solved rather than only not analyzable

U

uncomprehensible

vsunfigurable

• Informal

9.9

Very hard to understand

is the neutral standard expression that also includes cases beyond understanding

U

unsoluble

vsunfigurable

9.4

Not able to be fixed or changed

also points to things that cannot be understood, not only problems unsolved

How Understandable

clear

∞ 1.0

understandable

171 1.6

puzzling

42 4.6

unfigurable

9.9

inscrutable

12 8.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology