unresolvable
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˌʌnrɪˈzɑːvəbəl/
:
irresoluble
- So any disagreement between those social groups is unresolvable in principle.
- an unresolvable conflict
- an unresolvable ambiguity
- an unresolvable dilemma
Yeah, I suppose they're different, of course, different species of chronic, unresolved or maybe unresolvable friction.
- Yeah, I suppose they're different, of course, different species of chronic, unresolved or maybe unresolvable friction.
- Because if no one can explain why or how that happens, that's unresolvable.
Examples
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Now she's come to France alone, at the last minute, their most recent fight proving unresolvable.
Fiction book (2000) -
The conflicts between these two identities represent an enduring and essentially unresolvable dilemma for most Danish Jews.
Academic text (1999) -
The most important thing about "us," finally, is not its rich complexity, but its unresolvable vagueness.
Academic text (2000) -
The moral dilemmas in this portrait of God seem to me unresolvable.
Academic text (1998) -
In reality, nuclear strategy is full of paradoxes and unresolvable dilemmas.
Academic text (1991) -
The standoff between imaginative action and political manipulation remains permanent and unresolvable.
Academic text (1998) -
An unresolved and seemingly unresolvable crime, which disrupts the normal order of society, summons the services of a brilliant sleuth.
Academic text (1994) -
The negotiations ended in failure due to unresolvable issues between the parties involved.
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Many scholars agree that the ethical questions raised by the experiment are unresolvable.
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Their argument escalated into an unresolvable dispute that left both sides feeling hurt and frustrated.
Synonyms
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8.5
Impossible to get past
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5.3
Not possible to find an answer
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4.9
Impossible to repair or make work again
3
7.5
Too difficult to solve or deal with, like a problem
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7.9
Impossible for people to solve or settle
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8.1
No one can find an answer to it
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8.1
Impossible to overcome or get past, like a problem you cannot solve
Not able to be fixed or changed
Impossible to understand or solve
Antonyms
How Solvable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unresolvable = resolvable (transparent) = un + resolve + able
Clearly formed by prefixing 'un-' to the adjective 'resolvable' (resolve + -able), so the negation is directly predictable.
Etymology
Unresolvable is made from un- meaning 'not' and resolve meaning 'to find an answer', the same root you see in solve and solution. Think of resolve as 'to loosen' a tight knot, so unresolvable is like a knot you cannot loosen — something impossible to solve.