insolvable

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

insolvable
    adj 1: not easily solved; "an apparantly insolvable problem";
           "public finance...had long presented problems unsolvable
           or at least unsolved"- C.L.Jones [syn: {insolvable},
           {unsoluble}, {unsolvable}, {unresolvable}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Insolvable \In*solv"a*ble\, a.
   1. Not solvable; insoluble; admitting no solution or
      explanation; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty. --I.
      Watts.
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   2. Incapable of being paid or discharged, as debts.
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   3. Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable.
      "Bands insolvable." --Pope.
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