as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
an apparently unsolvable problem
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Recent Examples of unsolvable
Abandoning the project for some more years, another team of archaeologists decided to reopen the unsolvable case.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
At first glance, replacing tens or even hundreds of millions of vanishing federal Medicaid dollars each year is not an unsolvable problem in Connecticut.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026
Polarization, in other words, turns straightforward arithmetic into an unsolvable equation.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
In South Los Angeles, where chronic absenteeism once seemed like an unsolvable problem, educator and innovator Amen Rahh—known simply as Principal Rahh—is rewriting the narrative.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 27 Oct. 2025
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
At first glance, replacing tens or even hundreds of millions of vanishing federal Medicaid dollars each year is not an unsolvable problem in Connecticut.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026
Polarization, in other words, turns straightforward arithmetic into an unsolvable equation.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
In South Los Angeles, where chronic absenteeism once seemed like an unsolvable problem, educator and innovator Amen Rahh—known simply as Principal Rahh—is rewriting the narrative.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsolvable
Adjective
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But in practice, solving that equation directly and exactly for a system with as many interacting electrons as FeMo-co has is often impossible.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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How long the recovery will take is impossible to know.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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At least Duncan’s daughter and fellow cadet, Teela (Eire Farrell), takes pity on the hopeless tyke.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2026
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Hence the constant reports that young people are anxious, lonely, stressed, hopeless.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 May 2026
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“Unsolvable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsolvable. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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