insolvable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- insolvability noun
- insolvably adverb
Etymology
Origin of insolvable
Example Sentences
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Wartime Bletchley, she said, was about bringing together technology and people in order to crack what seemed like insolvable problems - and that remained the priority today even in a very different world.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023
“These are not insolvable problems,” said Marion Nestle, a food studies professor at New York University.
From New York Times • May 2, 2020
“The number of uninsured and the skyrocketing of health premiums were for years seen as insolvable problems,” said Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, a health care advocacy group.
From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2014
Far from being a collection of insolvable stumbling blocks, social issues have the potential to be a defining strength of the Centrist Party.
From Salon • May 11, 2013
But 'If right or wrong in this God's world of ours Be leagued with higher powers,' then the mystery is not so insolvable.
From The Grand Old Man by Cook, Richard B. (Richard Briscoe)
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