unravelable

English

Alternative forms

• unravellable

Etymology 1

unravel +‎ -able

Adjective

unravelable (comparative more unravelable, superlative most unravelable)

1. Capable of being unravelled.

Antonyms

• un-unravelable (rare)

Etymology 2

un- +‎ ravel +‎ -able

Adjective

unravelable (comparative more unravelable, superlative most unravelable)

1. 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.