insurmountable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not capable of being surmounted or overcome
    unsurmountable.
    • insurmountable disadvantages
  2. adjective satellite impossible to surmount
    insuperable.

WordNet

In`sur*mount"a*ble adjective
Etymology
Pref. in- not + surmountable: cf. F. insurmountable.
Definitions
  1. Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Locke.
    Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is insurmountable. I. Watts.
    Syn. -- Insuperable; impassable; invincible.

Webster 1913