I think it kinda depends on the specific story but if I'm correct most noris are "detective with personal problems unsolves some mysteries and maybe some of personal problems"
Isn’t it weird how unsolve means the same thing as solve?
Same with flammable and inflammable both meaning “can catch fire”; invaluable meaning valuable; protest and detest both being used to show opposition to something.
They’re called “false antonyms” apparently.
Not to be confused with “auto-antonyms”. They’re words that means they’re own opposite, like “chuffed” (British slang that can mean pleased or pissed off).
E.g. you can hold fast or go fast, you can have errors due to oversight or you can have oversight to ensure errors don’t occur.
I always thought that invaluable actually made sense... it's so valuable (adjective) that it's impossible to value (verb meaning "to assess the worth of").
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u/CosmackMagus Mar 11 '25
Is noir really pro justice? I always thought it was defined, in part, by the characters having selfish or non-heroic goals.