UNSOLVABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsolvable mean? 

• UNSOLVABLE (adjective)
  The adjective UNSOLVABLE has 1 sense:

1. not easily solved

  Familiarity information: UNSOLVABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSOLVABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not easily solved

Synonyms:

insolvable; unresolvable; unsoluble; unsolvable

Context example:

public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved

Similar:

insoluble (admitting of no solution or explanation)

 Context examples 

Researchers believe such quantum information networks would be extremely secure and could also allow new quantum computers to work together to complete problems that are currently unsolvable.

(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A quantum computer would be able to solve previously unsolvable computational problems by taking advantage of the strange behaviour of particles at the subatomic scale, and quantum phenomena such as entanglement and superposition.

(Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves, University of Cambridge)