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undissolved

undissolved

5.5
Solid pieces that do not mix into a liquid
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.dɪˈzɑːlvd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no disuelto
  • Ryan's x-ray film shows undissolved tablets in the upper part of the duodenum, but none in the stomach.
  • undissolved tablets

So there were little blocks of undissolved calcium oxide or quick lime that remained inside Roman concrete.

Examples

  • You cheered up a little once you were out of the car, lacing on your new Danish hiking boots and inhaling the clean, cool air, but I felt an undissolved lump of dread sitting heavily in my stomach.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Also, it can be difficult to place a tube that is large enough for undissolved tablets to pass through the lumen of the tube.

    Academic text (2007)
  • So there were little blocks of undissolved calcium oxide or quick lime that remained inside Roman concrete.

  • OK, so dissolved and undissolved solute, they're not doing nothing.

  • To remove undissolved lime, the solution was filtered using fine pore filter paper to achieve a clear solution.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Because iron tablets are radiopaque, abdominal radiography may reveal undissolved tablets.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Undissolved nitrogen at that pressure is about 40 lbs/cu ft, not that much lighter than oil in this context, and heavier than some fractions in the oil.

    Blog text (14)
  • After four days, filter all of the undissolved salt out of the solution.

  • The clear liquid had chunks of undissolved sugar floating on top.

  • To make sure the drink is smooth, you should stir until there are no undissolved particles left.

Antonyms

3.4

A solid that mixes into a liquid and becomes part of it

How Dissolved

dissolved
3.4
undissolved
  • Specialized
5.5
insoluble
  • Specialized
2 6.4

Surface Forms

undissolved positive

Morphology

undissolved = dissolved (transparent) = un + dissolve + ed

The word is formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'dissolved' (dissolve + -ed), so its meaning is directly the negation of 'dissolved'.

Etymology

The word undissolved combines un- meaning 'not' and dissolve meaning 'to break apart and mix into a liquid', a root you can also see in solution. So undissolved describes something that is 'not' broken apart and is still solid in the liquid.