unravelable
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Etymology 1
Adjective
unravelable (comparative more unravelable, superlative most unravelable)
- Capable of being unravelled.
Antonyms
- un-unravelable (rare)
Etymology 2
Adjective
unravelable (comparative more unravelable, superlative most unravelable)
- Incapable of being disentangled, of ravelling (fraying or unwinding).
- 1754, James Kirkpatrick, The Analysis of Inoculation […], page 73:
- Now though we can form no precise Idea of the Manner of its Diffusion thro’ the Nerves, or the unravellable Substance of the Brain […]
- 1827 April 6, George IV, “[Letter to William Knighton]”, in Lady [Dorothea] Knighton, Memoirs of Sir William Knighton […], published 1838, page 367:
- Little or no advance, I regret to say, has as yet been made, amidst, perhaps, almost unravelable perplexities.
- 1993, Rod Preece, Lorna Chamberlain, Animal Welfare & Human Values, page 126:
- In reality, while the utilitarian and ‘end-in-itself’ views may be philosophically distinct they are in fact intertwined in a complex and probably unravellable manner within the various personalities representing the competing views.