Undissolved for Dummies

Okay, let's talk about the word "undissolved." It might sound a little complicated at first, but I promise we can make it clear and easy to understand. So, imagine you have a glass of water and you pour some salt into it, then mix it really well. What happens to the salt? It disappears, right? Well, not exactly. See, when you mix salt with water, it dissolves. That means the salt particles spread out and become a part of the water, so you can't see them anymore. They become so tiny that they mix so well with the water that we can't see them. Now, that's what we call "dissolved."

Now, let's imagine you have another glass of water, but this time you add some sand to it. Can you guess what will happen? The sand won't disappear like the salt did, right? It will stay in the water as separate grains. The sand particles are too big or heavy to mix well with the water and become invisible, so they remain visible and separate. This is where the word "undissolved" comes in.

So, "undissolved" means that something hasn't been able to mix completely with another substance like when we added sand to water and the sand particles didn't disappear or mix well into the water. They stayed separate and visible, right? The sand in our example is undissolved in the water because it didn't dissolve or mix with it completely.

Now, think about how this word can be used in other situations. Let's say you have a glass of orange juice with pulp. Have you ever noticed those little bits of fruit floating around in the juice? Those are undissolved pulp particles. They haven't mixed well with the juice, so you can still see them. Another example can be when you mix oil and vinegar for a salad dressing. If you don't shake it well, you may see tiny droplets of oil floating around in the vinegar. Those droplets are undissolved oil.

So, to sum it up, "undissolved" means something that hasn't mixed completely with another substance, like when you can still see separate particles instead of everything being well-mixed and disappearing. It's like having sand in water where the sand doesn't mix completely and remains visible. And remember, it's perfectly okay if it takes a bit of time and practice to grasp these kinds of words. Learning new things can sometimes be like solving a puzzle or figuring out a game, and once we understand, it becomes much easier!