IRRESOLVABLE

Etymology

Adjective

irresolvable (comparative more irresolvable, superlative most irresolvable)

Impossible to resolve; insoluble.

Impossible to separate into its component parts.

Antonyms

• resolvable

Source: Wiktionary


Ir`re*solv"a*ble, a. Etym: [Pref. ir- not + resolvable. Cf. Irresoluble.]

Definition: Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts. Irresolvable nebulæ (Astron.), nebulæ of a cloudlike appearance, which have not yet been resolved by the telescope into stars. Sir W. Herschel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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