Standard Lemma guide

unsolvable

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not solvable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: insolvable, insoluble

Antonyms: solvable

2

noun

Meaning 2

A problem that cannot be solved.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not easily solved- C.L.Jones

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an apparantly insolvable problem
  • public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: insolvable, unsoluble, unresolvable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + solvable. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and insoluble.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անլուծելի (anluceli) — not solvable
  • Bulgarian: нерешим (nerešim) — not solvable
  • Catalan: irresoluble — not solvable
  • Danish: uløselig — not solvable
  • Finnish: ratkeamaton — not solvable
  • French: insoluble — not solvable
  • Hungarian: megoldhatatlan — not solvable
  • Hungarian: megfejthetetlen — not solvable
  • Italian: insolubile — not solvable
  • Japanese: 解決できない (kaiketsu dekinai) — not solvable
  • Japanese: 解けない (tokenai) — not solvable
  • Japanese: 割り切れない (warikirenai) — not solvable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uløselig — not solvable
  • Polish: nierozwiązywalny — not solvable
  • Polish: nierozwiązalny — not solvable
  • Spanish: irresoluble — not solvable
  • Swedish: olöslig — not solvable