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View synonyms for insuperable

insuperable

[ in-soo-per-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted:

    an insuperable barrier.



insuperable

/ -ˈsjuː-; ɪnˈsuːpərəbəl; -prəbəl /

adjective

  1. incapable of being overcome; insurmountable


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Derived Forms

  • inˈsuperably, adverb
  • inˌsuperaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·super·a·bili·ty in·super·a·ble·ness noun
  • in·super·a·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of insuperable1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word insuperābilis. See in- 3, superable

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Example Sentences

Second, they broke down the wall between teen music and adult music, a wall that had been insuperable until then.

But he prefers women - and most certainly does not love the baron, for the insuperable reason that he loves nobody except himself.

Not necessarily an insuperable or lethal problem, but a problem that must be overcome—and certainly not a plus.

There's a seemingly insuperable urge among some to tell the story of the Euro crisis in racial terms.

In every point of view, the project of a fixed duty is exposed to insuperable objections.

They agreed that the offence of the State prayers should be no longer an insuperable bar.

The poorer towns felt themselves aggrieved, and often put insuperable obstacles in the way of the collector.

But there was one great and perhaps insuperable obstacle in working from the Rongbuk Valley.

In mountain climbing, however, the almost insuperable difficulty is the weight of the apparatus supplying the oxygen.

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