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insurmountable

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in⋅sur⋅mount⋅a⋅ble

  [in-ser-moun-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
Origin:
1690–1700; in- 3 + surmountable

Related forms:
in⋅sur⋅mount⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅sur⋅mount⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅sur⋅mount⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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in·sur·mount·a·ble   (ĭn'sər-moun'tə-bəl)   
adj.  Impossible to surmount; insuperable: insurmountable difficulties.
in'sur·mount'a·bil'i·ty, in'sur·mount'a·ble·ness n., in'sur·mount'a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

insurmountable 
1696, from in- "not" + surmountable (see surmount).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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