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in·sol·u·ble    Audio Help   [in-sol-yuh-buhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
2.incapable of being solved or explained: an insoluble problem.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < L insolūbilis; r. ME insolible < MF insoluble < L. See in-3, soluble]

in·sol·u·bil·i·ty, in·sol·u·ble·ness, noun
in·sol·u·bly, adverb
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in·sol·u·ble    Audio Help   (ĭn-sŏl'yə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. That cannot be dissolved: insoluble matter.
  2. Difficult or impossible to solve or explain; insolvable: insoluble riddles.


[Middle English insolible, from Latin īnsolūbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + solvere, to loosen; see soluble.]

in·sol'u·bil'i·ty, in·sol'u·ble·ness n., in·sol'u·ble n., in·sol'u·bly adv.
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insoluble 
1382, "unable to be loosened," from L. insolubilis "that cannot be loosened," from in- "not" + solubilis (see soluble). Fig, use, of problems, etc., is from 1393.
"It was a tacit conviction of the learned during the Middle Ages that no such thing as an insoluble question existed. There might be matters that presented serious difficulties, but if you could lay them before the right man -- some Arab in Spain, for instance, omniscient by reason of studies into the details of which it was better not to inquire -- he would give you a conclusive answer. The real trouble was only to find your man." [Gertrude Bell, "The Desert and the Sown," 1907]

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insoluble

adjective
1. (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved [ant: soluble
2. admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt" [ant: soluble
3. without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
insoluble1 [inˈsoljubl] adjective
(of a substance) impossible to dissolve
Example: This chemical is insoluble (in water).
Arabic: لا يَذوب
Chinese (Simplified): 不可溶解的
Chinese (Traditional): 不可溶解的
Czech: nerozpustný
Danish: uopløselig
Dutch: onoplosbaar
Estonian: lahustamatu
Finnish: liukenematon
French: insoluble
German: unlöslich
Greek: αδιάλυτος
Hungarian: oldhatatlan
Icelandic: óuppleysanlegur
Indonesian: tidak larut
Italian: insolubile
Japanese: 溶けない
Korean: 녹지않는
Latvian: nešķīstošs; nešķīdi- nāms
Lithuanian: netirpus
Norwegian: uoppløselig
Polish: nierozpuszczalny
Portuguese (Brazil): insolúvel
Portuguese (Portugal): insolúvel
Romanian: insolubil
Russian: нерастворимый
Slovak: nerozpustný
Slovenian: netopljiv
Spanish: insoluble
Swedish: olöslig
Turkish: erimez, çözünmez
insoluble2 [inˈsoljubl] adjective
(of a problem or difficulty) impossible to solve
Arabic: لا يُحَل
Chinese (Simplified): 不能解决的
Chinese (Traditional): 不能解決的
Czech: neřešitelný
Danish: uløselig
Dutch: onoplosbaar
Estonian: lahendamatu
Finnish: ratkaisematon
French: insoluble
German: unlösbar
Greek: άλυτος
Hungarian: megoldhatatlan
Icelandic: óleysanlegur
Indonesian: tak terpecahkan
Italian: insolubile
Japanese: 解けない
Korean: 해결할 수 없는
Latvian: neatrisināms
Lithuanian: neišsprendžiamas
Norwegian: uløselig
Polish: nie do rozwiązania
Portuguese (Brazil): insolúvel
Portuguese (Portugal): insolúvel
Romanian: fără soluţie, *rezolvare
Russian: неразрешимый
Slovak: neriešiteľný
Slovenian: nerešljiv
Spanish: sin solución
Swedish: olöslig
Turkish: çözümlenemez, içinden çıkılmaz
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insoluble    Audio Help   (ĭn-sŏl'yə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Not capable of being fully dissolved. Fats and oils are insoluble in water.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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
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