unsolvable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ solvable. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and insoluble.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unsolvable (not comparable)

1. Not solvable.

   Synonyms: insolvable, insoluble

   Antonym: solvable

   Coordinate terms: uncorrectable, unfixable, unrepairable, unrightable

   • 1977, Roger C. Lyndon, Paul E. Schupp, Combinatorial Group Theory, Springer, page 192:

     Throughout this section, we shall assume the existence of finitely presented groups with unsolvable word problem.

Related terms

• indissoluble
• soluble
• undissolvable

Translations

not solvable

• Armenian: անլուծելի (hy) (anluceli)
• Bulgarian: нерешим (nerešim)
• Danish: uløselig
• Finnish: ratkeamaton
• Hungarian: megoldhatatlan (hu), megfejthetetlen (hu)
• Japanese: 解決できない (ja) (kaiketsu dekinai), 解けない (ja) (tokenai), 割り切れない (warikirenai)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uløselig

• Swedish: olöslig (sv)

Noun

unsolvable (plural unsolvables)

1. A problem that cannot be solved.