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un-unravelable

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

That cannot be unravelled; (by extension) difficult to understand.

rare

Equivalents

Françaisindénouable
Deutschunlösbar

Examples

Indeed, most moderns who know Luria's work only from secondary sources would be completely flummoxed to encounter the texts themselves with their endlessly arcane numerology, almost indescribably peculiar eroticism and byzantine, almost un-unravelable mythology.”
Sheldon Cooper: Well, first of all, your lie was laughably transparent, where mine is exquisitely convoluted. While you were sleeping, I was weaving an un-unravelable web.”
Two hours later, she waved JC off and set out for the Italian market where she bought Parma ham, sliced so wafer-thin it needed little sheets of wax paper between each slice, so they would not stick together in one un-unravelable lump, […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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