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Meanings of insurmountable in English

Portuguese
inexorável

Impossible to surmount.

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inexorável
Usage of insurmountable in English
1
But there's one serious problem, one insurmountable obstacle that I can't overcome.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
2
That's going to provide some interesting challenges, not insurmountable, Ms Tyson-Nathan said.
Radio NZ
3
However, it seems that one barrier that has proven insurmountable is gender.
The Guardian
4
Yet again South Africa have fallen at a hurdle they found insurmountable.
The Irish Times
5
The gaffe caused a six-day delay in election results, but wasn't insurmountable.
Wired
6
When you're working like a well oiled machine, no challenge is insurmountable.
Wired
7
The knowledge in her breast rose as an insurmountable barrier between them.
The Price of Things
8
It just means researchers have avoided hitting an insurmountable wall, for now.
Wired
9
Again it is a challenge that, from a distance, might seem insurmountable.
The Guardian
10
This might have been OK, were it not for two insurmountable problems.
The Guardian
11
This is not as insurmountable a task as it might first seem.
The Irish Times
12
This double dilemma might seem insurmountable, but we hit upon a solution.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
13
The objection appeared to me insurmountable, and I instantly assented to it.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 07
14
And you know, sometimes that's the most insurmountable thing in the world.
Radio NZ
15
He felt a sort of insurmountable longing to abandon the game altogether.
Around the World in Eighty Days
16
Only when your love dies can the barrier between us become insurmountable.
The Native Born; or, the Rajah's People
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Insurmountable through the time
Insurmountable across language varieties
Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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