insolubility

American  

[in-sahl-yuh-bil-i-tee] / ɪnˌsɑl yəˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

1. the quality or fact of being unable to be dissolved.

2. the quality or fact of being impossible to solve.

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Example Sentences

Anderton said the team suspected they might see that amyloid beta is driving some level of insolubility in other proteins.

From Science Daily

That insolubility is important because it prevents the material from dissolving into the battery electrolyte, as some organic battery materials do, thereby extending its lifetime.

From Science Daily

Such a method, perhaps, could yield insights that help us solve hard problems, or, conversely, accept their insolubility.

From Scientific American

Human telomerase has low abundance in cells, and attempts to reconstitute it from its purified components have been thwarted by protein insolubility and the low efficiency of RNP assembly.

From Nature

This continuing controversy has resulted from the failure to acknowledge the fundamental insolubility of this problem.

From Washington Post