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insurmountable

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    From in- + surmountable.

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    insurmountable (comparative more insurmountable, superlative most insurmountable)

    1. Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable
      Synonym: (archaic and rare) unsurmountable
      Antonym: surmountable
      Getting everybody to agree proved to be an insurmountable difficulty.
      • 2023 January 24, Justin McCurry, “Japan PM’s solution to dire birthrate has already been rejected by young”, in The Guardian[1]:
        Overcoming Japan’s demographic crisis has proved insurmountable for occupants of the Kantei – the prime minister’s office – long before Kishida moved in last autumn.

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