irresolvableadj.
/ɪrɪˈzɒlvəb(ə)l/ Not resolvable.
1. Incapable of being resolved or solved; insoluble.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved
insoluble1393
unresolvable1604
inextricable1613
indissolvable1637
unriddleable1647
irresolvable1660
unsolvible1664
insolvable1693
unsolvable1821
hen-and-egg1855
indissoluble1868
irresoluble1868
1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. iii. xi. 535 A thing full of spinous questions and irresolvable difficulties.
1708 Brit. Apollo 5–10 Mar. Your Question is irresolvable.
1883 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric 180 This suggests a question which..is irresolvable by Metaphysic.
2. That cannot be resolved into elements or parts; that cannot be analysed. irresolvable nebulae, nebulæ that cannot be resolved into stars by telescopic examination.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [adjective]
unplitable?c1425
unexplicable1532
inexplicable1546
subtle1547
irresolute1574
subtile1582
undissoluble1587
incomprehensible1604
unexpoundable1611
unfoldable1611
inexplainable1623
unsalvable1624
uninterpretable1625
indissolvable1637
unaccountable1643
inaccountable1647
unexplainablea1711
undecipherable1757
irresolvable1785
indecipherable1853
unconstruable1856
inconstruable1874
unravellable1881
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [adjective] > indivisible
un-to-dealinglyeOE
indivisiblec1380
individualc1425
coessential1471
indissoluble?1555
individuous1624
indispertiblea1641
indiscerpible1659
indissipable1661
indivisivea1706
indiscerptible1736
irresolvable1785
1785 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 262 The three nebulosities: viz. the resolvable, the coloured but irresolvable, and a tincture of the milky kind.
1869 Contemp. Rev. 11 332 Is not he a spiritualist, who..believes consciousness to be a primary irresolvable fact?
1881 R. A. Proctor Poetry of Astron. xii. 432 Irresolvable nebulae really consisting of stars, but too remote for telescopic mastery.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 Aug. 3/3 That the Reality of the Ego is a datum of the individual consciousness, irresolvable into more primitive elements.
3. That cannot be disentangled; inextricable.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [adjective] > unable to be untangled
inexplicable1555
untwineable1609
inextricate?1615
inexplicate1623
inextricable1829
irresolvable1886
1886 Athenæum 13 Feb. 238/3 The countless leaves and the irresolvable intricacy of the willow-boughs overhanging the water.
Derivatives
irresolvaˈbility n.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [noun] > indivisibility
indivisibility1647
indivisibleness1648
indiscerpibility1659
indiscerpibleness1682
indissolubility1690
indiscerptibility1755
indiscerptibleness1775
irresolvability1838
1838 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (1851) 122 Such a fluid..could not..be distinguished from unresolved clusters of stars, either by the nature of its light, or the simple fact of its irresolvability.
irreˈsolvableness n.
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1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Irresolvableness.
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