Insuperable

  • 101Chinese Wall — /tʃaɪniz ˈwɔl/ (say chuyneez wawl) noun 1. → Great Wall of China. 2. a barrier of convention within a financial institution, business organisation, etc., which separates those people who are involved in trading on the stock exchange from those… …

  • 102super — [17] Super has been used over the centuries as an abbreviated form of a variety of English words containing the Latin element super ‘above’. Its earliest manifestation, short for the now defunct insuper ‘balance left over’, did not last long and… …

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  • 103insuperably — adverb to an insuperable degree these various courses all seemed insuperably difficult to the student • Derived from adjective: ↑insuperable …

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  • 104insuperableness — noun see insuperable * * * insuperabilˈity or insuˈperableness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑insuperable …

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  • 105in|su´per|a|bly — in|su|per|a|ble «ihn SOO puhr uh buhl», adjective. that cannot be passed over or overcome; unconquerable: »The deep river was an insuperable barrier to those who could not swim. Figurative. An insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor …

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  • 106in|su´per|a|ble|ness — in|su|per|a|ble «ihn SOO puhr uh buhl», adjective. that cannot be passed over or overcome; unconquerable: »The deep river was an insuperable barrier to those who could not swim. Figurative. An insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor …

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  • 107in|su|per|a|ble — «ihn SOO puhr uh buhl», adjective. that cannot be passed over or overcome; unconquerable: »The deep river was an insuperable barrier to those who could not swim. Figurative. An insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor (Washington… …

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  • 108Inexsuperable — In ex*su per*a*ble, a. [L. inexsuperabilis; pref. in not + exsuperabilis that may be surmounted. See {In } not, {Ex }, and {Superable}.] Not capable of being passed over; insuperable; insurmountable. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 109Insuperability — In*su per*a*bil i*ty, n. The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 110Invincible — In*vin ci*ble, a. [L. invincibilis: cf. F. invincible. See {In } not, and {Vincible}.] Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle. [1913 Webster] Lead forth to battle these… …

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