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Dictionary: in·sur·mount·a·ble   (ĭn'sər-moun'tə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
Impossible to surmount; insuperable: insurmountable difficulties.

insurmountability in'sur·mount'a·bil'i·ty or in'sur·mount'a·ble·ness n.
insurmountably in'sur·mount'a·bly adv.

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adjective

    Incapable of being negotiated or overcome: impassable, insuperable. See do/not do.

Antonyms: insurmountable
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adj

Definition: impossible
Antonyms: attainable, beatable, defeatable, possible, surmountable


WordNet: insurmountable
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: not capable of being surmounted or overcome
  Synonym: unsurmountable
  Antonym: surmountable (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: impossible to surmount
  Synonym: insuperable


Translations: Insurmountable
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uoverstigelig, uovervindelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onoverkomelijk

Français (French)
adj. - insurmontable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unüberwindlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανυπέρβλητος, αξεπέραστος

Italiano (Italian)
insormontabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - insuperável

Русский (Russian)
непреодолимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insalvable, insuperable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oöverstiglig (äv. bildl.), oövervinnelig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不能克服的, 不能超越的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不能克服的, 不能超越的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 능가할 수 없는, 이겨내기 어려운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 乗り越えられない, 克服できない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لا يقهر, لا يذلل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שאין להתגבר עליו, בלתי-מנוצח‬


 
 
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