Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insurmountable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insurmountable \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insurmountable
adj 1: not capable of being surmounted or overcome; "insurmountable
disadvantages" [syn: {unsurmountable}] [ant: {surmountable}]
2: impossible to surmount [syn: {insuperable}]
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