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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-ser-moun-tuh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn sərˈmaʊn tə bəl |
Definition of insurmountable
Origin :- 1690s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + surmountable (see surmount). Related: Insurmountably.
- adj impossible
- He had dragged himself this far, and reached an insurmountable obstacle.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Unused to encounter difficulty, he for a time imagined them insurmountable.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- The difficulties that are before us appear to me insurmountable.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- This would be a barrier the more, an insurmountable barrier between her and him.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- It appeared then that for some reason this was an insurmountable objection.
- Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
- This would indicate that heat alone is no insurmountable obstacle.
- Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
- What they could possibly be, then, was an insurmountable puzzle to me.
- Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
- There is but one objection I could possibly have, and yet that seems to be insurmountable.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- Yet this feebleness, profound, insurmountable, was what caused his torments of jealousy.
- Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
- To Mary, however, this did not seem an insurmountable obstacle to their union.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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