unsolvability

Questions about unsolvability

What does unsolvability mean?

unsolvability means "the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve".

How many syllables are in unsolvability?

unsolvability has 6 syllables and divides as un-sol-va-bi-li-ty under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for unsolvability?

Close synonyms include insolubility. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unsolvability?

The recorded antonyms are solvability.

Is unsolvability a common word?

unsolvability is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.