What's the word? 'Unworkoutable'

[Onyx]

Discordant.

 

[Amberlen]

Ooh good one @Onyx

 

[chrispenycate]

If you can't work something out it's 'incalculable', but I somehow think this is not what you were looking for .

 

[Paul_C]

inexplicable ?

bewildering?

baffling?

perplexing?

incomprehensible?

insoluble?

 

[WarriorMouse]

"Insoluble"

 

[tinkerdan]

In a small way I think I understand what you are describing.

It's, on a more simple basis, close to that thing that happens when you look at a structure from the outside and then enter, you really normally expect to see something smaller. The outer walls can be anywhere from two to 8 inches thick which loses a bit of real-estate in that alone. However there is the architecture inside that if divided up into several small rooms begins to make any missing space indiscernible to the casual glance and it would take someone with a good eye and close attention to the width of internal walls to really determine that things don't add up.

I just can't come up with a good word for that.

 

[Paul_C]

"Insoluble"

??

insoluble
ɪnˈsɒljʊb(ə)l/
adjective
adjective: insoluble

1. impossible to solve.
   
   

 

[tinkerdan]

insoluble
ɪnˈsɒljʊb(ə)l/
adjective
adjective: insoluble

1. impossible to solve.

2. (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved.
"once dry, the paints become insoluble in water"
synonyms:indissoluble, incapable of dissolving
"these minerals are insoluble in water"

Seems like that could lead to confusion.

It reminds me of console and console.

All the icons on the console were lit cyan as though they were grieving or dying and he had no way to console them; in fact his hands and fingers were like knives violently stabbing each one in desperation. No comfort there.

 

[WarriorMouse]

That roof is covered by both definitions.

 

[Plucky Novice]

Hi,

I have a word I'm after and I can't for the life of me (since last week) nail it. I even have a descriptive placeholder word in the passage:

He bumped his head on the low shelves along walls that slanted to form the apex of some roof invisible from outside, and 'unworkoutable' from inside.

What I'm trying to say is that the sloped ceiling can't be made out from any vantage point as to where it would be in the property. The nearest I can come to is 'indecipherable', but that's not exact enough.

Any suggestions before I lose my one remaining marble?

thanks
pH

Hi. Just saw this post. You might let the reader work out the "why" for themselves and focus on the "what" if I can express it that way. Doing so you could approach it differently and just talk about it being "unseen" from the outside. Hope that helps.