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   insoluble

   /ɪnˈsɒljʊbl/

   adjective

   • 1. impossible to solve: "the problem is not insoluble" Similar unsolvableinsolvableunable to be solvedwithout a solutionunanswerableunresolvableunfathomableimpenetrableunexplainableinscrutablebafflingpuzzlingperplexingenigmaticobscuremystifyingmysteriousinexplicable
   • 2. (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved: "once dry, the paints become insoluble in water" Similar not solubleindissolubleincapable of dissolving

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin insolubilis, from in- ‘not’ + solubilis (see soluble).

   Derivatives

   • 1. insolubility noun
   • 2. insolubly adverb

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