irresolvable

[ir-i-zol-vuh-buh l]

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adjective

not resolvable; incapable of being resolved, analyzable, or solvable.

Origin of irresolvable

First recorded in 1650–60; ir-² + resolvable

Related formsir·re·solv·a·bil·i·ty, ir·re·solv·a·ble·ness, noun

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Related Words for irresolvable

baffling, difficult, impenetrable, indecipherable, inexplicable, inextricable, obscure, unaccountable, unfathomable, unresolved, unsolvable, mystifying, irresolvable, unconcluded, unsolved

Examples from the Web for irresolvable

Contemporary Examples of irresolvable

Is it a puzzle to be solved, or is the ambiguity meant to stand, irresolvable?
Juan Do Paints a Puzzle Picture
Blake Gopnik
January 3, 2013

Historical Examples of irresolvable

In sex are we always to be faced with an irresolvable tangle of disharmonies?
The Truth About Woman
C. Gasquoine Hartley
Irresolvable, ir-re-zolv′-a-bl, adj. that cannot be resolved.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
For the twentieth time, this irresolvable problem troubled him.
Against The Grain
Joris-Karl Huysmans
The nebulae of his spirit are resolved or shown to be irresolvable.
Birds and Poets
John Burroughs
The perplexing thing about life is the irresolvable complexity of reality, of things and relations alike.
Tono Bungay
H. G. Wells

British Dictionary definitions for irresolvable

irresolvable

adjective

not able to be resolved into parts or elements
not able to be solved; insoluble

Derived Formsirresolvability or irresolvableness, nounirresolvably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for irresolvable

adj.

1650s, from ir- + resolvable. Related: Irresolvably.