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insurmountable
[ in-ser-moun-tuh-buhl ]
adjective
- incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable:
an insurmountable obstacle.
insurmountable
/ ˌɪnsəˈmaʊntəbəl /
adjective
- incapable of being overcome; insuperable
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Derived Forms
- ˌinsurˌmountaˈbility, noun
- ˌinsurˈmountably, adverb
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Other Words From
- insur·mounta·bili·ty insur·mounta·ble·ness noun
- insur·mounta·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of insurmountable1
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Example Sentences
But while the obstacles to evidence-based governance are formidable, they are not insurmountable.
Each one seems a mile high, and the entire flight an insurmountable obstacle.
That defeat was driven largely by Romney losing women voters by an insurmountable 11 points.
They do not reflect any intrinsic or insurmountable military advantage.
Despite the possibly insurmountable challenge that lay before them, Bernstein and company forged ahead.
Thus age and avarice can always over-leap barriers which, to the young and romantic, are insurmountable.
The difficulty of conveying heavy weights up the mountain foot-paths was almost insurmountable.
Situated as we are, in the United States, many, and almost insurmountable obstacles present themselves.
In the meantime Lord Ebrington's motion interposed insurmountable difficulties in the way of negotiations.
If the young man is industrious, and come of honest parentage, his poverty may be no such insurmountable obstacle.
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