Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Irresoluble.
- adjective Impossible to separate into component parts; irreducible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not resolvable; incapable of being resolved.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts.
- adjective (Astron.) nebulæ of a cloudlike appearance, which have not yet been resolved by the telescope into stars, and are often distant galaxies. See
galaxy {2}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Impossible to
resolve ;insoluble . - adjective Impossible to
separate into itscomponent parts.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was actually very close to working for the president, but decided in the end, he did not want to be President Obama's commerce secretary, citing what he called irresolvable conflicts.
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After success in the early 1960s with her brother Tom in the British country-music trio the Springfields, she went solo and made her way into the heart of âSwinging London. â Part cartoon, part irresolvable desire, part bruised despair, she peered through heavy mascara and a stack of peroxided hair while singing with breathy sensuality.
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We're left with an irresolvable speculative disagreement; end of story.
Outsourcing, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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We're left with an irresolvable speculative disagreement; end of story.
Outsourcing, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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They're more interesting, though seldom compelling, in the historical sections, which are themselves more interesting for the density of detail gleaned from the novel—the shared excruciation of foot binding, the secret language with which the friends communicate, the irresolvable conflict between their love for one another and the pull of dutiful wifedom.
Harry Potter and the Fantastic Finale Joe Morgenstern 2011
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It is highly unusual, for instance, to introduce a theme in A Major by setting up its harmony in C# Minor, but then again genius never likes to play by the rules, especially when it sets out to express the searching, irresolvable pangs of love.
Rodney Punt: A Glowing Romeo et Juliette -- Charles Dutoit with the LA Philharmonic in Berlioz Rodney Punt 2010
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It is highly unusual, for instance, to introduce a theme in A Major by setting up its harmony in C# Minor, but then again genius never likes to play by the rules, especially when it sets out to express the searching, irresolvable pangs of love.
Rodney Punt: A Glowing Roméo et Juliette -- Charles Dutoit with the LA Philharmonic in Berlioz Rodney Punt 2010
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A large subset of political disagreements are simply irresolvable by reference to facts, but are simply moral to the core.
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It is highly unusual, for instance, to introduce a theme in A Major by setting up its harmony in C# Minor, but then again genius never likes to play by the rules, especially when it sets out to express the searching, irresolvable pangs of love.
Rodney Punt: A Glowing Roméo et Juliette -- Charles Dutoit with the LA Philharmonic in Berlioz Rodney Punt 2010
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According to several attendees, negotiations stalled from the onset over the same issues that have proved irresolvable.
Obama Warns Cantor As Debt Talks Stall: 'Don't Call My Bluff' 2011
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