Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsolve

/ʌnˈsɑlv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-solve
IPA: /ʌnˈsɑlv/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete

verb

To undo or remove the solution to a problem; to put something into an unsolved state.

Example Sentences

"Perchance, my Fancy would have bin so kinde, / T‘ unsolve the doubts of my perplexed minde."
"“But I cannot allow you to use my cousin to solve or, I suppose, more precisely, to unsolve your case.”"
"Ethiopia and the Generation That Unsolves Problems."

Etymology

From un- + solve.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ʌnˈsɑlv/
British English: /ʌnˈsɒlv/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

unsolves (present, singular) unsolving (participle, present) unsolved (participle, past) unsolved (past)

Synonyms

ravel resolve work out absolve decipher get to the bottom of iron out meliorate puzzle out reason out riddle sleuth

Rhymes With

solve involve resolve evolve dissolve revolve absolve devolve volve preresolve convolve redissolve

Questions

How do you pronounce unsolve?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈsɑlv/.
What does unsolve mean?: To solve.
Where does unsolve come from?: From un- + solve.

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