Irresoluble

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    difficult if not impossible to resolve; irresolvable.

    "When I saw him in the hallway with that weary look in his eyes, I thought of Kafka writing of his father, that the difference between them was one of temperament, as if their rift was irresoluble, no one’s fault."

Example

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"When I saw him in the hallway with that weary look in his eyes, I thought of Kafka writing of his father, that the difference between them was one of temperament, as if their rift was irresoluble, no one’s fault."

Etymology

From ir- + resoluble.

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