irresolvable

adjective

ir·​re·​solv·​able ˌir-i-ˈzäl-və-bəl How to pronounce irresolvable (audio)
-ˈzȯl-
: incapable of being resolved
an irresolvable conflict
also : not analyzable

Examples of irresolvable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hamas fears Israel might torpedo the talks by expanding them to deal with other, effectively irresolvable issues, which would allow Israel to continue the war, the officials said. Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 July 2024 Above all else, a totalizing drinking culture is what both defined and obscured this unresolved, perhaps irresolvable case. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024 Even in a liberal and largely affluent district, certain conflicts and tensions have come to feel irresolvable. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024 The skeptics, seeing an irresolvable contradiction, have concluded that the whole idea of moral responsibility has to go. Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for irresolvable 

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Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of irresolvable was in 1660

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“Irresolvable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irresolvable. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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