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as in insurmountable
incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued
the building project ran into insuperable financial difficulties and had to be scrapped
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as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
insuperable problems have arisen which make it very unlikely that we will ever finish this project
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Recent Examples of insuperable
Raise the stakes, place insuperable obstacles before the protagonist, have the protagonist somehow surmount them while becoming braver and better.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Cohen overcomes the virtually insuperable challenge by asking the Hong Kong police to present him with any escapee from the PRC, even those found floating in the harbor.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Whether one favors moves toward a Palestinian state in the coming years or believes that full Palestinian statehood would present insuperable dangers to Jordan, Israel, and Palestinians alike, all parties should support the goal of better government for Palestinians.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025
Television’s tendency to play down to the masses — manipulating our individual needs for attention, for agreement, or simply to win — is an insuperable problem at this particular, shameless moment in pop culture.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Cohen overcomes the virtually insuperable challenge by asking the Hong Kong police to present him with any escapee from the PRC, even those found floating in the harbor.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Whether one favors moves toward a Palestinian state in the coming years or believes that full Palestinian statehood would present insuperable dangers to Jordan, Israel, and Palestinians alike, all parties should support the goal of better government for Palestinians.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025
Television’s tendency to play down to the masses — manipulating our individual needs for attention, for agreement, or simply to win — is an insuperable problem at this particular, shameless moment in pop culture.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for insuperable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insuperable
Adjective
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The dilemma seemed insurmountable at the time.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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The filing argues that custody is a nonwaivable jurisdictional requirement and that remote court proceedings would raise insurmountable problems, including the inability to verify identities, enforce perjury laws, or protect classified information.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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When the sun moves away from the node, the season ends, and eclipses become impossible again.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Word of mouth slowly led to the first Superblast being impossible to find after its introduction in 2022, and consumer appetite was fed with slight updates and greater stock on the Superblast 2 two years later.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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The seemingly unconquerable fig butterwort (Ficaria verna) invades lowland valleys where seasonal floods carry little broken off bits downstream to sprout anywhere and everywhere.—
Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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Mountains as towering, imposing and seemingly unconquerable landscapes have been metaphorically linked to power and challenge.—
Jenny Hall,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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From what looked like a hopeless position just a few weeks ago, the subscribers are now off the bottom of the table and gearing up for a potential title challenge.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2026
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At the premiere of The Godfather in 1972, Evans felt utterly invincible.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
9 Feb. 2026
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Thirteen wins on the trot, and chasing the Women’s Super League record of 19 victories in one season, looking all the more invincible with Kerolin’s return, Andree Jeglertz’s calm approach and Bunny Shaw’s form.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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South Africa’s racist system of Apartheid endured for generations and, so brutally was it maintained, appeared impregnable.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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Which explains couldn’t: if Meta had ever been a monopoly, there’s no way its shareholders would have ever allowed $70 billion in new spending meant to expand an already impregnable moat.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Throughout its 40-plus years in Park City, Sundance has earned a reputation for offering new filmmakers an unbeatable time.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Not only is the deal unbeatable, but the patent leather looks so luxe.—
Kaelin Dodge,
InStyle,
11 Feb. 2026
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That is partly because no other power had enjoyed America’s unique circumstances—largely invulnerable to foreign invasion, because of its strength and its distance from the other great powers, and thus able to deploy force thousands of miles from home without leaving itself at risk.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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Moreover, a culture where everyone tries to look invulnerable is harmful.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Insuperable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insuperable. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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