Insolvable

2 definitions found

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

  Insolvable \In*solv"a*ble\, a.
     1. Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or
        explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty. --I.
        Watts.
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     2. Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.
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     3. Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
        "Bands insolvable." --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insolvable
       adj : not easily solved; "an apparantly insolvable problem";
             "public finance...had long presented problems
             unsolvable or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones [syn: {unsoluble},
              {unsolvable}, {unresolvable}]