insurmountable
insurmountable adjective: incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable.
Adjective
insurmountable (comparative more insurmountable, superlative most insurmountable)
- Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable
- Getting everybody to agree proved to be an insurmountable difficulty.
- 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.2023 January 24, Justin McCurry, “Japan PM’s solution to dire birthrate has already been rejected by young”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- unsurmountable
- Antonyms:
- surmountable
insurmountable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
insurmountable in Tamil
- கடக்க முடியாத, தாண்ட இயலாத, சமாளிக்க இயலாத
insurmountable in Urdu
- ناقابل تسخیر
insurmountable in Bengali
- অলঙ্ঘনীয়
insurmountable in Malayalam
- unconquerable, insuperable, invincible
- ജയിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്ത, ദുരാരോഹമായ, അലംഘനീയമായ, അപാര, ദുർല്ലംഘ്യ, തരണം ചെയ്യാനാവാത്ത
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- insurmountable in Kannada
- ದುಸ್ತರ, ಮೀರಲಾಗದ, ದಾಟಲಾಗದ, ಜಯಿಸಲಾಗದ
Synonyms of insurmountable
Antonyms
Forms of insurmountable
| comparative | more insurmountable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most insurmountable |
Origin of insurmountable
From in- + surmountable.
Words formed from insurmountable
Questions about insurmountable
- What does insurmountable mean?
- Insurmountable means incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable.
- What is insurmountable in Tamil?
- Insurmountable in Tamil is கடக்க முடியாத, தாண்ட இயலாத, சமாளிக்க இயலாத. See Insurmountable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is insurmountable?
- Insurmountable is an adjective.
Words near insurmountable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: insurmountable (page history and authors); insurmountable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insurmountable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Insurmountable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insurmountable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); insurmountable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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