Meanings
adjectiveinsolvable (comparative more insolvable, superlative most insolvable)
comparative more insolvable · superlative most insolvable
- Impossible to solve; insoluble.
insolvable difficulties
1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLCSynonyms: insoluble, unsolvable
- Incapable of being paid or discharged.
an insolvable debt
- Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
Bands insolvable.
1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveImpossible to solve; insoluble.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot easily solved
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Origin
From in- + solvable. Piecewise doublet of insoluble and unsolvable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish ratkeamaton
- ratkeamatonimpossible to solve
French insoluble
- insolubleimpossible to solve
German unlösbar
- unlösbarimpossible to solve
Hungarian megoldhatatlan
- megoldhatatlanimpossible to solve
Japanese 解決できない, 解けない
- 解決できない (kaiketsu dekinai)impossible to solve
- 解けない (tokenai)impossible to solve
- 割り切れない (warikirenai)impossible to solve
Polish nierozwiązywalny, nierozwiązalny
- nierozwiązywalnyimpossible to solve
- nierozwiązalnyimpossible to solve
- niewypłacalnyincapable of being paid
- nierozwiązywalnynot capable of being disentangled
- nierozwiązalnynot capable of being disentangled
Spanish insoluble
- insolubleimpossible to solve
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APA
insolvable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insolvable
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“insolvable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insolvable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insolvable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insolvable.
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