as in insuperable
incapable of being defeated, overcome, or subdued
the familiar story of the underdog who ultimately triumphs despite insurmountable odds
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Recent Examples of insurmountable
The heart of noir tends to be nihilism, its abyssal mood a veil that invites you to glimpse the darker machinery of a world ruled by insurmountable powers where resistance leads only to ruin.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
In an industry where margins are measured in basis points, organizations with superior data accuracy enjoy compound advantages that become virtually insurmountable over time.
—Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Costs are high but not insurmountable.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
When James signed on as the new host of The Late Late Show in 2015, his career took off in insurmountable ways — and Julia and the kids remained right by his side through it all.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
In an industry where margins are measured in basis points, organizations with superior data accuracy enjoy compound advantages that become virtually insurmountable over time.
—Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Costs are high but not insurmountable.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
When James signed on as the new host of The Late Late Show in 2015, his career took off in insurmountable ways — and Julia and the kids remained right by his side through it all.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurmountable
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Raise the stakes, place insuperable obstacles before the protagonist, have the protagonist somehow surmount them while becoming braver and better.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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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
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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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Justin Thomas, who looked hopelessly lost on Friday morning, sank a putt on the 18th hole to defeat the seemingly invincible Tommy Fleetwood.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Banner headlines pound away at us that vibe coding is invincible and the cat’s meow.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Doing enough makes Atsu feel nearly unstoppable after the first chapter, giving players a sense of mastery and growth.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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But that requires killing Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu), the seemingly unstoppable sorcerer with a nefarious plot to reshape the world who is also hunting the Cintran princess.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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The film picks up only seven months after the conclusion of Downton Abbey: A New Era, taking audiences into a new decade and a world without the indomitable presence of the Dowager Countess, Violet Crawley.—
Mekishana Pierre September 11,
EW.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Titipol Phakdeewanich, a political science professor at Ubon Ratchathani University, said that despite the jailing and Shinawatra family's declining influence, the indomitable Thaksin would still attempt to call the shots in politics.—
Panarat Thepgumpanat,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And that’s not to mention our favorite drive-in, SONIC, who offers up over 100,000 different drink combinations with the unbeatable crunchy ice nuggets.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine Autumn is an unbeatable time to visit Acadia National Park on Maine’s Mount Desert Island.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Master Chief, much like the Doom Slayer, dwarfed most of his foes and was nigh-on invulnerable.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Luthor has always been an ingenious nemesis for the invulnerable Superman: a merely intelligent human, an evildoing Prometheus out to steal fire from our benevolent cape-wearing god.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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Resilience is the key The word ‘resilient’ used to mean impregnable and capable of withstanding all challenges.—
David Parker,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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One of the grandest occasions in golf was in 1930, when the great Bobby Jones won the British Amateur at St. Andrews and then captured the claret jug at Royal Liverpool on his way to winning the Grand Slam of that era — the impregnable quadrilateral, as it was called.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
16 July 2025
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