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Definition of "unsolvable" []

  • Not solvable. (adjective)
  • Provably not solvable. (adjective)

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Use "unsolvable" in a sentence
  • "Had he known that the problems were "unsolvable" -- in other words, had he been more fully immersed in the subculture of expertise -- he likely wouldn't have even attempted to solve them."
  • "Aside from the fact that he wouldn't have closed Guantanamo before he solved problems he defines as unsolvable, that he repeats the Republican Party's demagogic scare slogan about releasing all those scary brown people, that he approves of the military commissions that Obama has put on hold and which can accept evidence based on torture (which all Big Pundits know the Maverick devoutly opposes!) - in other words, other than the fact that he criticizes everything that Obama has actually done on closing Guantanamo, the Great Maverick agrees with Obama on closing Guantanamo."
  • "In 1881 Gladstone was the head of the British Government, and the South African question had remained for forty years an unsolved problem, of the Empire, and he was afraid it might remain unsolvable."