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insolvable

American  
[in-sol-vuh-buhl] / ɪnˈsɒl və bəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being solved or explained; insoluble.


insolvable British  
/ ɪnˈsɒlvəbəl /

adjective

  1. another word for insoluble

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Etymology

Origin of insolvable

First recorded in 1640–50; in- 3 + solvable

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Wartime Bletchley, she said, was about bringing together technology and people in order to crack what seemed like insolvable problems - and that remained the priority today even in a very different world.

From BBC Nov. 3, 2023

The “two versions of reality” problem is a real problem, and it’s kind of insolvable.

From Slate Jan. 25, 2021

“These are not insolvable problems,” said Marion Nestle, a food studies professor at New York University.

From New York Times May 2, 2020

“The number of uninsured and the skyrocketing of health premiums were for years seen as insolvable problems,” said Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, a health care advocacy group.

From Washington Times Jul. 31, 2014

Thus political economy proposes insolvable problems; and yet we shall soon see that it must propose them, and that our century must solve them.

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

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