"unsolvable" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: From un- + solvable. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and insoluble. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|ne}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₁-}}, {{af|en|un-|solvable|id1=negative}} un- + solvable, {{piecewise doublet|en|insolvable|insoluble}} Piecewise doublet of insolvable and insoluble Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unsolvable (not comparable)
  1. Not solvable. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: insolvable, insoluble Related terms: indissoluble, soluble, undissolvable Translations (not solvable): անլուծելի (anluceli) (Armenian), нерешим (nerešim) (Bulgarian), uløselig (Danish), ratkeamaton (Finnish), megoldhatatlan (Hungarian), megfejthetetlen (Hungarian), 解決できない (kaiketsu dekinai) (Japanese), 解けない (tokenai) (Japanese), 割り切れない (warikirenai) (Japanese), uløselig (Norwegian Bokmål), olöslig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unsolvable-en-adj-vDZGgYiE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (negative), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (negative): 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 83 17

Noun

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Etymology: From un- + solvable. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and insoluble. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|ne}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₁-}}, {{af|en|un-|solvable|id1=negative}} un- + solvable, {{piecewise doublet|en|insolvable|insoluble}} Piecewise doublet of insolvable and insoluble Head templates: {{en-noun}} unsolvable (plural unsolvables)
  1. A problem that cannot be solved.
    Sense id: en-unsolvable-en-noun-0a-f-uPp Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- (negative) Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (negative): 46 54

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