"insurmountable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-insurmountable.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: more insurmountable [comparative], most insurmountable [superlative]
Etymology: in- + surmountable Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|surmountable}} in- + surmountable Head templates: {{en-adj}} insurmountable (comparative more insurmountable, superlative most insurmountable)
  1. Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable Synonyms: unsurmountable Translations (incapable of being passed over): неадо́льны (njeadólʹny) (Belarusian), непераадо́льны (njepjeraadólʹny) (Belarusian), непреодоли́м (nepreodolím) (Bulgarian), 無法克服的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无法克服的 (wúfǎ kèfú de) (Chinese Mandarin), nepřekonatelný (Czech), onoverkomelijk (Dutch), ylipääsemätön (Finnish), ylitsepääsemätön (Finnish), insurmontable (French), infranchissable (French), impassable (French), unüberwindlich (German), unüberwindbar (German), ανυπέρβλητος (anypérvlitos) (Greek), αξεπέραστος (axepérastos) (Greek), leküzdhetetlen (Hungarian), legyőzhetetlen (Hungarian), áthághatatlan (Hungarian), áthidalhatatlan (Hungarian), dochloíte (Irish), dosháraithe (Irish), inēluctābilis (Latin), insuperābilis (Latin), uoverstigelig (Norwegian Bokmål), uoverstigeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), nieprzezwyciężony (Polish), nie do pokonania (Polish), insuperável (Portuguese), inexorável (Portuguese), insurmontabil (Romanian), непреодоли́мый (nepreodolímyj) (Russian), неодоли́мый (neodolímyj) (Russian), nepremostljiv (Slovene), nepremagljiv (Slovene), insalvable (Spanish), insuperable (Spanish), oöverstiglig (Swedish), aşılamaz (Turkish), неперебо́рний (neperebórnyj) (Ukrainian), непобо́рний (nepobórnyj) (Ukrainian), непобори́мий (nepoborýmyj) (Ukrainian), незбори́мий (nezborýmyj) (Ukrainian), незбо́рний (nezbórnyj) (Ukrainian), нездола́нний (nezdolánnyj) (Ukrainian), неперемо́жний (neperemóžnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-insurmountable-en-adj-8xEqny-8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-

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      "sense": "incapable of being passed over",
      "word": "незбори́мий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezbórnyj",
      "sense": "incapable of being passed over",
      "word": "незбо́рний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezdolánnyj",
      "sense": "incapable of being passed over",
      "word": "нездола́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "neperemóžnyj",
      "sense": "incapable of being passed over",
      "word": "неперемо́жний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "insurmountable"
}

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