unsurmountableadj.
/ˌʌnsəˈmaʊntəbl/, U.S. /ˌənsərˈmaʊn(t)əb(ə)l/ 1. Incapable of being surpassed or exceeded. rare.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique
unilicheOE
makelessc1225
unevenlyc1230
peerlessc1330
alonea1382
uncomparablea1382
unoverpassablea1382
solea1398
incomparable1412
sans-peer1426
nonpareilc1450
invincible1509
matchless1530
inimitable1531
unmatchable1544
unmatched1548
unpassable1563
alonely1567
inequivalent1568
mateless1570
unparagonized1578
only1581
fellowlessa1586
unimitablea1586
compareless1590
incompared1590
immatchless1595
unequalized1596
nonsuch1598
paragonless1599
immatchable1601
unparalleled1601
uncompeered1602
unpeered1602
imparalleled1604
unpeerable1604
unrivalled1607
uncompanioned1608
unexampled1610
unsurmountable1611
unsurpassable1611
unparagoned1612
patternless1613
unpatterned1617
unique1618
unparallelable1621
parallelless1622
unmatchless1623
single1633
unexemplifieda1634
unsampleda1638
unequalled1639
imparallel1641
unparallel1645
unseconded1646
unexemplary1649
unaccessional1651
unequalable1659
uncome-at-able1694
rivalless1735
untouched1735
unexcelleda1800
unexceeded1813
sans-pareilly1818
unsurpassed1818
unrivallable1823
unapproachable1834
untranscendeda1849
insuperable1849
unbrothered1853
unapproached1856
insurpassable1859
untouchable1867
hors concours1884
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insurmontable, vnsurmountable, vnexceedable.
1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 17 That unsurmountable Extreme of Guilt!
2. Incapable of being surmounted or overcome; insurmountable:
a. Of difficulties, etc. (Common in 18th cent.)
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [adjective] > insuperable
invincible1482
unsuperable1526
unnavigable1609
inexsuperable1623
insuperable1657
insurmountable1696
unsurmountable1701
unreal1965
1701 London Gaz. No. 3713/1 We passed the Mountains..Which were thought unsurmountable.
1757 S. Foote Author i. 17 The Obscurity..of your Birth, will prove an unsurmountable Bar.
1788 Trifler No. 11. 134 The Prolixity of six and thirty Stanzas in a Pastoral Tale, proves an unsurmountable Exception.
1911 T. W. Riker Henry Fox II. 126 The obstacle was not unsurmountable.
b. Of feelings.
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the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective] > affected with passion or strong emotion > uncontrollable or irrepressible (of passions)
inexpiable1598
irreclaimable1609
stanchless1612
unextinguishable1642
ungovernable1676
unconquerable1727
quenchless1744
unsurmountable1771
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > implacable
impayablea1340
unquemable1440
implacablec1522
unplacable1553
unappeasable1561
impacable1571
immitigable1576
unappeasable1577
inexpiable1598
inexpiate1598
implacable1650
ungainable1661
unredressable1716
unsurmountable1771
indomitable1828
inappeasable1840
untruckling1850
intransigent1881
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. II. 85 An unsurmountable aversion to the English government.
a1788 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 29 The courtship..was awkward to Gromio (who saw too well my unsurmountable dislike).
1791 E. Burke Let. to Member Nat. Assembly 50 If disgust, if unsurmountable nausea, drive them away from such spectacles,..I cannot blame them.
3. Inextinguishable, unquenchable.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > unquenchable, unabating
unquenchablea1500
unslockenablec1520
quenchless1557
unsuppressed1626
unsurmountable1725
unabatinga1774
unabatable1778
survivable1879
bateless1886
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Fever It causes a violent Heat and unsurmountable Thirst.
Derivatives
unsurˈmountableness n.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > one who has mastery or superiority > invincibility
invinciblenessa1617
unconquerableness1625
unsubduednessa1665
invincibilitya1677
unsurmountableness1894
1894 Thinker 6 76 Superstitious faith in nature's unsurmountableness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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