insuperable
insuperable
Definition
in·su·per·able (in so̵̅o̅′pər ə bəl, -syo̵̅o̅′-)
adjective
not superable; that cannot be overcome or passed over; insurmountable
Etymology: ME < L insuperabilis
in·su′·per·abil′·ity noun
in·su′·per·ably adverb
insuperable
Synonyms
insuperable
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- almost: Many of them leave us with almost insuperable restrictions on methods, seasons, or permit availability.
- not: I do not think we can yet say with any assurance whether these difficulties are or are not insuperable.
- seemingly: I have never, from any choir on any occasion, heard such magnificent conquest of the seemingly insuperable difficulties.
Modifies a noun
- obstacle: Whilst for some people this may prove to be an insuperable obstacle, most people can work out ways of reducing the fear.
- objection: To this, however, there are several insuperable objections.
- difficulty: However, insuperable legal difficulties stood in the way of imposing legal restriction.
- barrier: There is no insuperable constitutional barrier to our joining.
- odd: In comes a new MD who faces insuperable odds.
- problem: The dress regulations for women are an insuperable problem for the national women's swimming team.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: We are left with a challenge that may seem insuperable, yet there are many early signs of a change in thinking.
- prove: The technical, or even theoretical, barriers might prove insuperable.
- become: Yet lawyers increasingly fear that the difficulties of rectifying an injustice are becoming almost insuperable.
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