insuperable

English

Etymology

From Latin insuperabilis.

Pronunciation

• (US) 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, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), OCLC 630079698, 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)

• 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• insuperable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• insuperable at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Spanish

Adjective

insuperable (plural insuperables)

1. insuperable

Related terms

• superable

Further reading

• “insuperable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014