Synonyms for insurmountable
ˌɪn sərˈmaʊn tə bəlin·sur·mount·able

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1. insurmountable, unsurmountableadjective

   not capable of being surmounted or overcome

   "insurmountable disadvantages"

   Synonyms:
   insuperable, unclimbable, unsurmountable

   Antonyms:
   conquerable, surmountable, superable

2. insuperable, insurmountableadjective

   impossible to surmount

   Synonyms:
   insuperable, unsurmountable, unconquerable

   Antonyms:
   superable, conquerable, surmountable

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1. insurmountableadjective

   Synonyms:
   insuperable, not to be overcome, that cannot be surmounted

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1. List of paraphrases for "insurmountable":

   insuperable, unsurpassed, unbridgeable, intractable, unconquerable, unbeatable, impassable, overwhelming, prohibitive, indomitable, daunting

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How to use insurmountable in a sentence?

1. Jody Farley-Berens:

   Making ends meet is insurmountable, there are so many doctors' appointments, co-pays, surgeries, prescriptions. And then the inability to work -- any savings that there may have been is gone very quickly.

2. Nora Sausmikat:

   Bureaucratic hurdles, which have never been easily managed in China, have now become nearly insurmountable.

3. Luke Ryan:

   Shifting costs to' users' of the criminal legal system creates extraordinary hardships for defendants and their families, in addition to erecting sometimes insurmountable barriers to re-entry, legal financial obligations require probation and parole officers to allocate substantial time to acting as collection agents that could otherwise be devoted to rehabilitation and public safety.

4. Mohammad Javad Zarif:

   I don't think the problems are insurmountable.

5. The Virgin Group founder:

   Virgin loves to take on seemingly insurmountable problems, and try to overcome them.