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Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.

Instability; unstableness.

Unsuitable. [Obs.] -- In*suit`a*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.]

Capable of being insulted or affronted. [R.] Emerson.

ncapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`sup*port"a*bly, adv.

The state or quality of being insurmountable.

Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Locke. Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is insurmountable. I. Watts.

The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.

In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome.

Not perceptible to the touch.

Incapable of being tasted; tasteless; unsavory. [R.] Grew.

Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.

Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.

The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd.

Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.

The quality of being intransmutable.

Not capable of being transmuted or changed into another substance.

Not to be entreated; inexorable.

Incapable of being rebutted. Coleridge.

Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable. -- Ir`re*fut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*fut"a*bly, adv.