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The definition of insoluble is something that cannot be solved or dissolved.

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An example of something insoluble is a cryptic phrase in an old mystery book that people have been trying to uncode for centuries.

See insoluble in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

that cannot be solved; unsolvable
that cannot be dissolved; not soluble

Origin: ME insolible < L insolubilis

Related Forms:

insolubility noun or insolubleness
insolubly adverb

See insoluble in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

That cannot be dissolved: insoluble matter.
Difficult or impossible to solve or explain; insolvable: insoluble riddles.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English insolible

Origin: , from Latin īnsolūbilis

Origin: : in-, not; see in-¹

Origin: + solvere, to loosen; see soluble

Related Forms:

in·solˌu·bilˈi·ty, in·solˈu·ble·ness noun

in·solˈu·ble noun

in·solˈu·bly adverb

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