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}.] 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.
"I see no insoluble problems," says former Republican Sen. Charles Percy, a private consultant with close ties to the Gandhi family.
Although chemists have been able to synthesize melanin for some years, it is insoluble and sticky and, thus, hasn't been incorporated into commercially usable formulations.
The conundrum seemed insoluble.
'Or he can turn it off.' Berlusconi thus faces a possibly insoluble dilemma.
Congressmen, after all, create their reputations and survive in office by responsive reaction to problems real or imaginary, tractable or intractable, soluble or insoluble.
The American business community not only kept pace with these developments but was decidedly more enthusiastic than the senior American officials who were burdened with the reality of seemingly insoluble political problems.
"No more," wrote sports commentator Stefan Thylin in the Aftonbladet daily. "This problem seems insoluble.