insolvable

Examples

• All

• Identify a complex problem that others have ignored or thought insolvable.

  Academic text (2017)

• I didn't say the problem was insolvable; I said there were associated costs.

  Blog text (25)

• It's not an insolvable problem.

  Blog text (19)

• Identify complex problems that others have ignored or thought insolvable.

  Academic text (2017)

• The task included both solvable and insolvable items, so that the participants could not doubt that a score of 100% on the test was impossible.

  Academic text (2001)

• What all the medics, doctors and professors think is insolvable right now.

  Mulligan Brothers Interviews

• But Walters makes a distinction in Ghost Singer that she does not make in her interview between insolvable and solvable mysteries.

  Academic text (1993)

• The calculations showed that the issue was truly insolvable with the available data.

• Despite many attempts, the team realized that the conflict was insolvable without external help.

• After endless deliberations, they concluded that the mystery surrounding the event was insolvable.

Synonyms

I

impossible

vsinsolvable

∞ 1.4

Not able to happen or be done

is narrower, limited to not being solvable rather than all impossibilities

I

insurmountable

vsinsolvable

33 8.5

Impossible to get past

focuses on finding a solution rather than physically getting past an obstacle

I

intractable

vsinsolvable

22 8.7

Hard to manage, change, or control

is narrower, talking specifically about finding a definite solution

U

unsolvable

vsinsolvable

8 5.3

Not possible to find an answer

is the identical idea phrased in the headword form

U

unanswerable

vsinsolvable

7 6.8

Not possible to reply to in a way that convinces people

applies to problems generally rather than only questions needing answers

U

unfixable

vsinsolvable

3 4.9

Impossible to repair or make work again

limits this impossibility to finding a solution rather than physical repair

I

insoluble

vsinsolvable

3 7.5

Too difficult to solve or deal with, like a problem

expresses the same impossibility using a different variant form

I

insuperable

vsinsolvable

• Formal

2 9.1

So hard that no one can get past it

applies to solving problems rather than mainly to overcoming challenges

U

unresolvable

vsinsolvable

1 8.2

Not able to be solved or settled

keeps the same core meaning but uses an alternative form

U

undoable

vsinsolvable

1 4.9

Not possible to do because of little time or no help

refers specifically to lacking a solution rather than inability to perform

I

irresolvable

vsinsolvable

1 7.9

Impossible for people to solve or settle

focuses specifically on being unsolvable rather than broader settlement issues

I

irremediable

vsinsolvable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

is about not finding a solution rather than being irreversible or incurable

U

unsurmountable

vsinsolvable

1 8.1

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

is concerned with solving problems rather than surmounting physical obstacles

U

unsoluble

vsinsolvable

9.4

Not able to be fixed or changed

is the same unsolvable sense but in a different spelling variant

U

unfigurable

vsinsolvable

9.9

Impossible to understand or solve

focuses more on failing to find a clear solution rather than just understanding

I

inexpugnable

vsinsolvable

9.9

No one can beat or prove it wrong

is about lack of a solution more than invincibility or irrefutability

Antonyms

S

solvable

7 3.2

A problem you can find an answer to

How Solvable

easy

∞ 1.0

solvable

7 3.2

difficult

∞ 1.6

intractable

22 8.7

insolvable

1 8.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology