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insolvable

in·sol·vable

UK/ɪnˈsɒlvəbəl/ uncommon

adjective

1.

not easily solved

  • “an apparantly insolvable problem”
  • “public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable or at least unsolved” C.L.Jones

Origin

From in- + solvable. Piecewise doublet of insoluble and unsolvable.

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