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Insuperable

//ɪnˈsup(ə)ɹəb(ə)l// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Impossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated.

    "Regular services for passengers and goods were maintained for almost 50 years, but the speed limit of 16 m.p.h., imposed by the Board of Trade, proved an insuperable handicap after the introduction of competitive motor bus services."

  2. 2
    Overwhelming or insurmountable.

    "For the first time I steadily reviewed the obstacles—and to consider them was at once to see they were insuperable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    impossible to surmount wordnet
  2. 2
    incapable of being surmounted or excelled wordnet

Etymology

From Latin insuperabilis.

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