insoluble

[in·sol·u·ble]

Let a bottle of salad dressing stand on the table for a few hours and you will notice that it has separated into layers. That's because oil is insoluble or is not capable of being dissolved.

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Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.

Adjective S.
without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem"

Adjective
(of a substance) not easily dissolved

Adjective
admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt"


a.
Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.

a.
Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.

a.
Strong.


Insoluble

In*sol"u*ble , a. [L. insolubilis indissoluble, that can not be loosed: cf. F. insoluble. See In- not, and Soluble, and cf. Insolvable.] 1. Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water. 2. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty. 3. Strong. "An insoluble wall." [Obs.] Holland

Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.

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Usage Examples

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

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