insuperable

[ in-soo-per-uh-buhl ]

/ ɪnˈsu pər ə bəl /

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adjective

incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted: an insuperable barrier.

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Origin of insuperable

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

OTHER WORDS FROM insuperable

in·su·per·a·bil·i·ty, in·su·per·a·ble·ness, nounin·su·per·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby insuperable

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How to use insuperable in a sentence

Second, they broke down the wall between teen music and adult music, a wall that had been insuperable until then.
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But he prefers women - and most certainly does not love the baron, for the insuperable reason that he loves nobody except himself.
David's Bookclub: Sodom and Gomorrah|David Frum|September 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Not necessarily an insuperable or lethal problem, but a problem that must be overcome—and certainly not a plus.
Comrade Ryan's Plan Has 110% Approval!|David Frum|August 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There's a seemingly insuperable urge among some to tell the story of the Euro crisis in racial terms.
The Euro Crisis Not a Racial-Fable|David Frum|June 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

In every point of view, the project of a fixed duty is exposed to insuperable objections.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
They agreed that the offence of the State prayers should be no longer an insuperable bar.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
The poorer towns felt themselves aggrieved, and often put insuperable obstacles in the way of the collector.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
But there was one great and perhaps insuperable obstacle in working from the Rongbuk Valley.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
In mountain climbing, however, the almost insuperable difficulty is the weight of the apparatus supplying the oxygen.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

British Dictionary definitions for insuperable

insuperable

/ (ɪnˈsuːpərəbəl, -prəbəl, -ˈsjuː-) /

adjective

incapable of being overcome; insurmountable

Derived forms of insuperable

insuperability or insuperableness, nouninsuperably, adverb

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