In-sŏlv'a-ble, a.

adjective

a. [Prefix in, not, and solvable; Fr. insolvable.]

Sense 1. Not solvable; insoluble; not capable of solution or explication; as, an insolvable problem or difficulty.

Sense 2. Incapable of being paid or discharged.

Sense 3. Not capable of being loosed or disentangled; inextricable. “Bands insolvable.” Pope.