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English
Etymology
From in- + solvable. Piecewise doublet of insoluble and unsolvable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
insolvable (comparative more insolvable, superlative most insolvable)
- Impossible to solve; insoluble.
1741, I Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: , London: James Brackstone, , →OCLC:insolvable difficulties
- Incapable of being paid or discharged.
an insolvable debt
- Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
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not capable of being disentangled
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French
Etymology
From in- + solvable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
insolvable (plural insolvables)
- insolvent
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