insoluble
1. (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved (Freq. 9) • Syn: indissoluble • Ant: soluble • Similar to: water-insoluble, non-water-soluble • Derivationally related forms: insolubility 2. admitting of no solution or explanation - an insoluble doubt • Ant: soluble • Similar to: insolvable, unsoluble, unsolvable, unresolvable • See Also: inexplicable, incomprehensible • Derivationally related forms: insolubility 3. without hope of solution - an insoluble problem • Similar to: hopeless • Derivationally related forms: insolubility
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