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Meanings of insoluble in English

(Of a substance) incapable of being dissolved.

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              1
              It is soluble in dilute aqueous alcohol, but insoluble in strong alcohol.
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              2
              The deep ancestry of whales remained a virtually insoluble problem for decades.
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              3
              It is readily soluble in water and alcohol, but insoluble in ether.
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              4
              C. It is insoluble in water, and not very soluble in alcohol.
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              5
              This principle was insoluble in water and alcohol, but soluble in ether.
              The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
              6
              These substances are soluble in alcohol and ether, but insoluble in water.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887
              7
              The carbonates and phosphates of the alkaline earths are insoluble in water.
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              8
              This starch paste acts in the same manner as the insoluble mucilage.
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              9
              C. It is almost insoluble in water, but readily volatilizes in steam.
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              10
              The question is inherently insoluble, but self-esteem conceals this from most people.
              The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
              11
              Many microorganisms produce surface-active substances that enhance the availability of water-insoluble substrates.
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              12
              It would have been comforting, had not her problems been so insoluble.
              Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
              13
              The problems raised by the phratriac nomenclature are complex and probably insoluble.
              Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia
              14
              The comprehensive mechanism of drug release is suitable for water insoluble drugs.
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              15
              Pieces come back sometimes, fragments of the insoluble mystery of the past.
              Soon I will be invincible
              16
              In addition, the distribution of GPI-anchored proteins in detergent-insoluble complexes remained unaltered.
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