unsurmountable
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Incapable of being surmounted, climbed, or overcome: Describes a barrier, obstacle, or difficulty that is impossible to get over, past, or successfully deal with.
Usage
- The word "unsurmountable" is used to describe challenges, problems, or physical barriers that are so great they cannot be conquered or passed.
- It is a formal synonym for "insurmountable." Both words are correct and have the same meaning, though "insurmountable" is more commonly used in modern English.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The mountain range presented an unsurmountable wall of rock to the early explorers.
- They faced unsurmountable financial difficulties and were forced to close the business.
- The evidence against him seemed unsurmountable, leaving little hope for his defense.
Advanced Usage
- "unsurmountable odds": odds or a set of circumstances that are impossible to overcome.
- The small team fought bravely against unsurmountable odds.
- "an unsurmountable barrier": a barrier that cannot be crossed or overcome.
- Prejudice can be an unsurmountable barrier to social progress.
Variants and Related Words
- Insurmountable (adj): The more frequent variant, identical in meaning to "unsurmountable."
- The task was insurmountable for a single person.
- Surmountable (adj): The direct opposite, meaning able to be overcome.
- With enough effort, these problems are surmountable.
Synonyms
- Insurmountable: Impossible to overcome.
- Impassable: Impossible to travel across or through.
- Unbeatable: Impossible to defeat or surpass.
- Invincible: Too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
Antonyms
- Surmountable: Able to be overcome.
- Manageable: Able to be controlled or dealt with without great difficulty.
- Passable: Just good enough to be acceptable; able to be traveled on or over.
Adjective
- incapable of being surmounted or climbed
- not capable of being surmounted or overcome
- insurmountable disadvantages