Insoluble

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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     2. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an
        insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.
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     3. Strong. "An insoluble wall." [Obs.] --Holland
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insoluble
       adj 1: (of a substance) not easily dissolved [ant: {soluble}]
       2: admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble
          doubt" [ant: {soluble}]
       3: without hope of solution; "an insoluble problem"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "insoluble":
     coherent, cohesive, enwrapped in mystery, impartible, indefinable,
     indiscerptible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indivisible,
     inexplicable, inextricable, infrangible, infusible, inseparable,
     insolvable, mysterious, mystic, unaccountable, undefinable,
     undividable, unexplainable, unified, uninterpretable, unsolvable