insolvable
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- not easily solved“an apparently insolvable problem”“public finance … had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved — C.L.Jones”Synonyms: unsolubleunsolvableunresolvableOpposite solubleSimilar insoluble
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In·solv′a·ble adjective
1. Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty. Isaac Watts
2. Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.
3. Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable. “Bands insolvable.” Alexander Pope
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54