Meaning of INSURMOUNTABLE
| Pronunciation: | | `insur'mawntubul
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- [adj] impossible to surmount
- [adj] not capable of being surmounted or overcome; "insurmountable disadvantages"
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| | Synonyms: | | insuperable, unconquerable, unsurmountable |
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| | Antonyms: | | surmountable | | |
| | See Also: | | impossible | |
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| | Definition: | | \In`sur*mount"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
surmountable: cf. F. insurmountable.]
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome;
insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
--Locke.
Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that
difficulty is insurmountable. --I. Watts.
Syn: Insuperable; impassable; invincible.
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| | Related Terms: | | beyond one, impassable, impracticable, impractical, indomitable, inoperable, insuperable, invincible, too much for, unachievable, unattainable, uncompassable, unconquerable, undoable, uneffectible, unnegotiable, unperformable, unrealizable, unsurmountable, unworkable |
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