insuperable

English

Etymology

From Latin insuperabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsup(ə)ɹəb(ə)l/

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Adjective

insuperable (comparative more insuperable, superlative most insuperable)

1. Impossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated.
   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 308:

     While Indian English may not have a uniform standard form throughout the country, this in itself is not an insuperable obstacle for lexicography.

2. Overwhelming or insurmountable.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, pages 4-5:

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

Synonyms

• unsuperable

Antonyms

• superable

Derived terms

• insuperableness

Related terms

• insuperability

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: непреодолим (bg) (nepreodolim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 无法克服的

• Dutch: onoverkomelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nesuperebla
• French: insurmontable (fr)
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• German: unüberwindbar (de), unüberwindlich (de)
• Greek: αξεπέραστος (el) m (axepérastos), ανυπέρβλητος (el) m (anypérvlitos)
• Irish: dosháraithe
• Russian: неодоли́мый (ru) m (neodolímyj)
• Spanish: insuperable

See also

• impassable
• unconquerable

Further reading

• “insuperable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “insuperable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “insuperable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Spanish

Adjective

insuperable m or f (masculine and feminine plural insuperables)

1. insuperable

Related terms

• superable

Further reading

• “insuperable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28