Insurmountable

  • 11insurmountable — adjective Date: 1690 incapable of being surmounted ; insuperable < insurmountable problems > • insurmountably adverb …

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  • 12insurmountable — insurmountability, insurmountableness, n. insurmountably, adv. /in seuhr mown teuh beuhl/, adj. incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle. [1690 1700; IN 3 + SURMOUNTABLE] * * * …

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  • 13insurmountable — adjective Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle …

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  • 14insurmountable — in|sur|mount|a|ble [ ,ınsər mauntəbl ] adjective FORMAL impossible to deal with successfully: an insurmountable problem/difficulty/obstacle …

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  • 15insurmountable — adjective I refuse to believe that any of the problems mentioned here today are insurmountable Syn: insuperable, unconquerable, invincible, unassailable; overwhelming, hopeless, impossible …

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  • 16insurmountable — UK [ˌɪnsə(r)ˈmaʊntəb(ə)l] / US [ˌɪnsərˈmaʊntəb(ə)l] adjective formal impossible to deal with successfully an insurmountable problem/difficulty/obstacle …

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  • 17insurmountable — /ɪnsəˈmaʊntəbəl / (say insuh mowntuhbuhl) adjective incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome: an insurmountable obstacle. –insurmountably, adverb …

  • 18insurmountable — Synonyms and related words: beyond one, impassable, impracticable, impractical, indomitable, inoperable, insuperable, invincible, too much for, unachievable, unattainable, uncompassable, unconquerable, undoable, uneffectible, unnegotiable,&#8230; …

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  • 19insurmountable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insuperable. See impossibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insuperable, unconquerable, unbeatable; see impossible 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. insuperable, unconquerable, invincible,&#8230; …

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  • 20insurmountable — in·sur·mount·a·ble || ‚ɪnsÉ™(r) maÊŠntÉ™bl adj. cannot be passed over, cannot be overcome, unconquerable …

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