1300-1400French, Latin, from superare ‘to get over’, from super ‘above’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
The legal barriers are presently insuperable.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►insuperable obstacles
There were insuperable obstacles, and the plan was abandoned.
►insuperable odds
As usual, the hero was facing insuperable odds.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►an insuperable/insurmountable obstacle
(=one that it is impossible to find a solution to)· The problem does not present an insurmountable obstacle.· There are no insuperable obstacles to the purchase of the company.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►problem
· If a child presents insuperable problems courts will interpret legislation in a commonsense way.· Of course this itself poses almost insuperable problems and would certainly be unprecedented if achieved.
an insuperable difficulty or problem is impossible to deal with: There were insuperable obstacles, and the plan was abandoned. As usual, the hero was facing insuperable odds.