Thesaurus: insoluble

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1. a. Not soluble; in capable or difficult of being dissolved, as by a liquid; as, chalk is insoluble in water.
2. a. Not to be solved or explained; insolvable; as, an insoluble doubt, question, or difficulty.
3. a. Strong.
4. adj. (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved
5. adj. admitting of no solution or explanation
6. adj. without hope of solution
7. 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
8. j:100 a. (of a substance) incapable of being dissolved a. admitting of no solution or explanation s. without hope of solution