irresolvable
adjective
ir·re·solv·able
ˌir-i-ˈzäl-və-bəl 
-ˈzȯl-
: incapable of being resolved
an irresolvable conflict
also
: not analyzable
Examples of irresolvable in a Sentence
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Now Japan and South Korea are trying to quickly move past seemingly irresolvable disputes over the bitter history between them as Russian aggression against Ukraine highlights their own vulnerabilities in a region dominated by China.
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Ben Dooley, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
Long-simmering tensions between the dominant Labor Zionists and their Orthodox opponents proved irresolvable.
—Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2023
This tension seems irresolvable.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
That asinine piece of language, essentially mandating that experts in the field turn a blind eye to an ongoing calamity for purely ideological reasons, stands as a monument in the seemingly irresolvable public health crisis that is the gun violence epidemic.
—Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 7 June 2022
Catlos observed that engaging in this type of historical research is his way of testing common assertions that there is a fundamental and irresolvable conflict between Christian and Muslim, or Jewish and Muslim, cultures.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2010
Better Call Saul has always dwelled in the irresolvable tension between the two, in the way that Jimmy McGill's genuine sweetness and Saul Goodman's venal self-interest were two parts of the same whole.
—Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2022
There is an irresolvable tension between the practice of predicting human behavior and the belief in free will as part of our everyday life.
—Carissa Véliz, Wired, 27 Dec. 2021
As a result, the American narrative is morally irresolvable, always has been and always will be.
—Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
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Ben Dooley, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
Long-simmering tensions between the dominant Labor Zionists and their Orthodox opponents proved irresolvable.
—Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2023
This tension seems irresolvable.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
That asinine piece of language, essentially mandating that experts in the field turn a blind eye to an ongoing calamity for purely ideological reasons, stands as a monument in the seemingly irresolvable public health crisis that is the gun violence epidemic.
—Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 7 June 2022
Catlos observed that engaging in this type of historical research is his way of testing common assertions that there is a fundamental and irresolvable conflict between Christian and Muslim, or Jewish and Muslim, cultures.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2010
Better Call Saul has always dwelled in the irresolvable tension between the two, in the way that Jimmy McGill's genuine sweetness and Saul Goodman's venal self-interest were two parts of the same whole.
—Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2022
There is an irresolvable tension between the practice of predicting human behavior and the belief in free will as part of our everyday life.
—Carissa Véliz, Wired, 27 Dec. 2021
As a result, the American narrative is morally irresolvable, always has been and always will be.
—Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1660, in the meaning defined above
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“Irresolvable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irresolvable. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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