Modifying Another Word

• seemingly: Many times, seemingly insurmountable problems can be dispelled with fun!

• almost: What makes the problem almost insurmountable is the disparate base upon which the changes must be made.

• apparently: Each role player was able to speak from the heart of their own experience of overcoming apparently insurmountable barriers.

• not: However, these are not insurmountable problems, especially in light of the high cost of the spoiled lives of many of our children.

• virtually: This is likely to prove a virtually insurmountable hurdle for an applicant to overcome.

• possibly: Both issues present an extensive and possibly insurmountable challenge to the ideology and practice of continuous economic growth.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: What makes the problem almost insurmountable is the disparate base upon which the changes must be made.

Modifies a noun

• obstacle: Nor is sending in a frozen lung sample an insurmountable obstacle to bacterial analysis for App.

• hurdle: Once behind even a goal defecit seemed to leave us with an insurmountable hurdle to overcome.

• barrier: I came to an insurmountable barrier, an obstinate blank.

• odd: MacLeod must help him in the face of insurmountable odds.

• difficulty: Further, he claims there are no insurmountable difficulties in raising world food output to meet projected demand.

• task: Seeing beyond the issues facing you right now to focus on the future can seem an insurmountable task.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Doing familiar things, like shopping, using public transport or talking to people can seem insurmountable in a new country.

• appear: For a hostile questioner the Table Office can appear as insurmountable as the Berlin Wall.

• prove: Presumably, the problem of finding a leader finally proved insurmountable, for in 1959 the Company was disbanded.

• become: The pressure to retain and grow market share is huge even tho the barriers to actually doing so are becoming ever more insurmountable.

• feel: Working is one thing, working with and among friends is another, problems do not feel so insurmountable!

• look: If the problem looks insurmountable, talk to your accountant or other professional adviser.