as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
an apparently unsolvable problem
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Murphy has more than played his part in Newcastle looking less like an unsolvable jigsaw.
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Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Something that might have ultimately shown how these binaries are intractable, unsolvable, quintessentially American quagmires?
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
Most any position becomes a weakness, or worse: an unsolvable problem.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2024
That well-trodden formatted path of a pair of grizzly detectives solving the unsolvable each week feels very much in vogue again.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Something that might have ultimately shown how these binaries are intractable, unsolvable, quintessentially American quagmires?
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
Most any position becomes a weakness, or worse: an unsolvable problem.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2024
That well-trodden formatted path of a pair of grizzly detectives solving the unsolvable each week feels very much in vogue again.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Unsolvable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsolvable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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