insuperable

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English

Etymology

From Latin insuperabilis.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈsup(ə)ɹəb(ə)l/
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Adjective

insuperable (comparative more insuperable, superlative most insuperable)

  1. Impossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated.
    • 1950 September, “The Southwold Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 578:
      Regular services for passengers and goods were maintained for almost 50 years, but the speed limit of 16 m.p.h., imposed by the Board of Trade, proved an insuperable handicap after the introduction of competitive motor bus services.
    • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 308:
      While Indian English may not have a uniform standard form throughout the country, this in itself is not an insuperable obstacle for lexicography.
    • 2024 December 10, Ronald Mann, “Case Preview: Federal trademark law and doctrines of corporate identity”, in SCOTUSblog:
      The basic problem before the court on Wednesday is that there is a Supreme Court case pretty closely on point – United States v. Bestfoods – in which the justices rejected the government’s argument that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act was such an important statute that it should create an exception to traditional state-law doctrines that require a high (indeed, all but insuperable) bar for actions seeking to ignore corporate identities and, in the common phrase, “pierce the corporate veil.”
  2. Overwhelming or insurmountable.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Learned borrowing from Latin īnsuperābilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

insuperable m or f (masculine and feminine plural insuperables)

  1. insuperable

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /insupeˈɾable/
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: in‧su‧pe‧ra‧ble

Adjective

insuperable m or f (masculine and feminine plural insuperables)

  1. insuperable

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