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insuperable - 4 dictionary results

in⋅su⋅per⋅a⋅ble

  [in-soo-per-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted: an insuperable barrier.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < L insuperābilis. See in- 3 , superable

Related forms:
in⋅su⋅per⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅su⋅per⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅su⋅per⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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in·su·per·a·ble   (ĭn-sōō'pər-ə-bəl)   
adj.  Impossible to overcome; insurmountable: insuperable odds.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsuperābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + superābilis, superable; see superable.]
in·su'per·a·bil'i·ty, in·su'per·a·ble·ness n., in·su'per·a·bly adv.
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Insuperable

In*su"per*a*ble\, a. [L. insuperabilis: cf. OF. insuperable. See In- not, and Superable.] Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.

And middle natures, how they long to join, Yet never pass the insuperable line? --Pope.

The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . . insuperable. --I. Taylor.

Syn: Impassable; insurmountable; unconquerable. -- In*su"per*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*su"per*a*bly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : insuperable
Spanish: insuperable,
German: unüberwindlich,
Japanese: 乗り越えられない
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insuperable 
c.1340, from L. insuperabilis "that cannot be passed over, unconquerable," from in- "not" + superabilis "that may be overcome," from superare "to overcome," from superus "one that is above," from super "over" (see super-).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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