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English Dictionary: insurmountable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insurmountable
adj
  1. not capable of being surmounted or overcome; "insurmountable disadvantages"
    Synonym(s): insurmountable, unsurmountable
    Antonym(s): surmountable
  2. impossible to surmount
    Synonym(s): insuperable, 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.
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