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insuperable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insuperable \In*su"per*a*ble\, a. [L. insuperabilis: cf. OF. insuperable. See In- not, and Superable.] Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.
And middle natures, how they long to join,
Yet never pass the insuperable line?
--Pope.
The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . . insuperable.
--I. Taylor.
Syn: Impassable; insurmountable; unconquerable. -- In*su"per*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*su"per*a*bly, adv.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "unconquerable," from Latin insuperabilis "that cannot be passed over, unconquerable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + superabilis "that may be overcome," from superare "to overcome," from superus "one that is above," from super "over" (see super-). Figurative use from 1650s. Related: Insuperably.
Wiktionary
a. 1 impossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated. 2 overwhelming or insurmountable.
WordNet
adj. impossible to surmount [syn: insurmountable]
incapable of being surmounted or excelled; "insuperable odds"; "insuperable heroes" [syn: unconquerable]
Usage examples of "insuperable".
As Contarini had found in the statements of the Augsburg Confession no insuperable obstacle to an understanding he was astonished at the stress laid on them by the Protestants now.
And when I saw you in court struggling against insuperable odds, with Pupius Piso and Cicero and the rest sneering at you, I wanted to kill everyone who ground you down.
This Rackham assignment involves all but insuperable incompatibilities: a face from a photograph taken in brilliant sunlight, by an amateur whose opinion of his own skills is grossly inflated, must be rephotographed, enlarged to several times its size, and imposed on the shoulders of a woman done in the studio by professionals.
They formed an insuperable barrier, recalling, but with more wildness, the fiords of Norway.
We are suggesting that, in addition to its own insuperable difficulties on both phenomenal and noumenal planes, this literal no-self doctrine is all too easily confused with a borderline worldview, and, indeed, this does especially appeal to individuals who are already having difficulties forming a cohesive self.
He found himself engaged in what appeared to be an endless chase after a phantom Considine, and the difficulties in his way semed insuperable.
It is a good one, but surrounded, I believe, with insuperable difficulties.
There appears to me to be insuperable objections to this view: on the other hand, I can hardly believe, in this and in some other cases, that these marginal crateriform mountains are merely the basal remnants of immense volcanos, of which the summits either have been blown off, or swallowed up in subterranean abysses.
But insuperable difficulties, as it seems to me, prevent us coming to any just conclusion on this head.
He concluded a treaty with Mahomet, whose progress was checked by the insuperable barrier of Gallipoli: the sultan and his troops were transported over the Bosphorus.
In the event, however, it proved that the difficulties attending the returning journey, over land, had become insuperable.