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Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.

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  1. a. Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
  2. adj. not capable of being surmounted or overcome
  3. adj. impossible to surmount
  4. 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.
  5. Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome;insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Locke.Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty isinsurmountable. I. Watts.
  6. j:100 a. not capable of being surmounted or overcome