insuperable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   incapable of being surmounted or excelled

   Insuperable odds.

2. 2
   adj

   Impossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated.

   Regular services for passengers and goods were maintained for almost 50 years, but the speed limit of 16 m.p.h., imposed by the Board of Trade, proved an insuperable handicap after the introduction of competitive motor bus services.

3. 3
   adj

   Overwhelming or insurmountable.

   For the first time I steadily reviewed the obstacles—and to consider them was at once to see they were insuperable.

4. 4
   adj

   impossible to surmount

Common collocations

• insuperable odds Adjective + noun

From Latin insuperabilis.

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