as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
an apparently unsolvable problem
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Recent Examples of unsolvable
This is not an unsolvable problem.
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Mary Eber, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Abandoning the project for some more years, another team of archaeologists decided to reopen the unsolvable case.
—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
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Mary Eber, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Abandoning the project for some more years, another team of archaeologists decided to reopen the unsolvable case.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsolvable
Adjective
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Here, violence and death are daily occurrences, and getting ahead feels impossible but is always top of mind.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Still, Henry says Musk has a way of clearing hurdles the industry thought impossible.—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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Written and directed by Barker, Obsession centers on a music store employee named Bear (Michael Johnston), a hopeless romantic who has fallen for a co-worker named Nikki (Inde Navarette).—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
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Felicity Thoughtful, impulsive, hopeless romantic whose hair choices overshadowed everything.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
9 June 2026
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“Unsolvable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsolvable. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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