unsolvable

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Thân thiện

The puzzle remains unsolvable despite their best efforts.

Definition

Adjective 1. Not capable of being solved or resolved: Describes a problem, puzzle, or question for which no solution or answer can be found or determined. 2. Incapable of being explained or settled: Refers to a mystery, conflict, or difficulty that cannot be clarified or brought to a conclusion.

Usage Examples

Advanced Usage

• "Inherently unsolvable": Used to describe a problem that is fundamentally impossible to solve due to its nature or the rules governing it.
  • Some philosophical questions are considered inherently unsolvable.
• "Effectively unsolvable": Describes a problem that, while not theoretically impossible, is so complex or resource-intensive that a solution is not practically achievable.
  • With our current technology, predicting weather a year in advance is effectively unsolvable.

Variants and Related Words

• Insolvable (adj): A less common variant with the same meaning as "unsolvable."
• Unsolvability (n): The state or quality of being unsolvable.
  • The unsolvability of the puzzle frustrated everyone.

Synonyms

• Insoluble: Often used interchangeably, especially for scientific or logical problems.
• Unresolvable: Emphasizes the inability to find a settlement or resolution to a dispute or issue.
• Intractable: Stresses stubborn difficulty and resistance to being managed or solved.

Antonyms

• Solvable
• Resolvable
• Tractable

Related Phrases and Concepts

• "An unsolvable riddle": A classic phrase describing a puzzle with no answer.
• "To render something unsolvable": To make a problem impossible to solve.
  • The loss of the key data rendered the mystery unsolvable.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not easily solved
   • an apparantly insolvable problem
   • public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved- C.L.Jones

Từ đồng nghĩa

• insolvable
• unsoluble
• unresolvable