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unsuperable

unsuperable adjective: not superable; impossible to overcome.

Adjective

unsuperable (comparative more unsuperable, superlative most unsuperable)

  1. Not superable; impossible to overcome.
    • After all, the cosmopolitan and artistic Loeb was himself a leading Technocrat, and his lack of formal training in economics or engineering or statistics did not prove an unsuperable barrier to his successful direction of others with just such expertise in the National Survey of Potential Product...1996, Howard P. Segal, Life in a Technocracy: What it Might be Like, introduction
    Synonyms:
    insuperable

Synonyms of unsuperable

Forms of unsuperable

comparativemore unsuperable
superlativemost unsuperable

Origin of unsuperable

From un- + superable.

Questions about unsuperable

What does unsuperable mean?
Unsuperable means not superable; impossible to overcome.
What part of speech is unsuperable?
Unsuperable is an adjective.

Words near unsuperable in the dictionary

  1. unsung heroes
  2. unsunk
  3. unsunken
  4. unsunned
  5. unsunny
  6. unsuperable
  7. unsuperannuated
  8. unsupercharged
  9. unsupercilious
  10. unsuperficial
  11. unsuperfluous

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