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UK
/ɹɪzˈɒlvəbəl/
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ADJECTIVE
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capable of being solved
such problems are perfectly solvable -
capable of being settled or resolved
a resolvable quarrel
all disputed points are potentially resolvable
How To Use resolvable In A Sentence
- It has outlived the Cold War, Vietnam, 2 Iraq wars and seems to unresolvable. Matthew Yglesias » David Petraeus, Jew-Hater
- As most folks know by now, this same issue underlies the great, unresolvable, and basically silly debate about whether the new millennium starts at the beginning of 2000 or of 2001.
- US Republican Senator Judd Gregg withdrew Thursday as the nominee for Secretary of Commerce, citing "irresolvable conflicts" with the Obama administration over its economic stimulus plan.
- The surge in refusals of 'resolvable' requests came despite a fall in the volume of requests. Times, Sunday Times
- Politicians who objected to Mrs Thatcher and her radical conviction politics suffered the anguish of apparently unresolvable frustration.
- Politicians who objected to Mrs Thatcher and her radical conviction politics suffered the anguish of apparently unresolvable frustration.
- The disputes should have been quickly resolvable through diplomatic channels.
- Neither question is analytically resolvable: the answers turn on value judgments, not analytical findings.
- This argument has being going on for decades and, at the macro level, it is unresolvable. Times, Sunday Times
- But those questions are not only often unresolvable, they are often rather meaningless.