(Of a substance) incapable of being dissolved.
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It is soluble in dilute aqueous alcohol, but insoluble in strong alcohol.
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The deep ancestry of whales remained a virtually insoluble problem for decades.
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It is readily soluble in water and alcohol, but insoluble in ether.
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C. It is insoluble in water, and not very soluble in alcohol.
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This principle was insoluble in water and alcohol, but soluble in ether.
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These substances are soluble in alcohol and ether, but insoluble in water.
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The carbonates and phosphates of the alkaline earths are insoluble in water.
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This starch paste acts in the same manner as the insoluble mucilage.
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C. It is almost insoluble in water, but readily volatilizes in steam.
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The question is inherently insoluble, but self-esteem conceals this from most people.
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Many microorganisms produce surface-active substances that enhance the availability of water-insoluble substrates.
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It would have been comforting, had not her problems been so insoluble.
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The problems raised by the phratriac nomenclature are complex and probably insoluble.
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The comprehensive mechanism of drug release is suitable for water insoluble drugs.
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Pieces come back sometimes, fragments of the insoluble mystery of the past.
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In addition, the distribution of GPI-anchored proteins in detergent-insoluble complexes remained unaltered.
