insuperable

Definition

Impossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated.

Etymology

From Latin insuperabilis.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "While Indian English may not have a uniform standard form throughout the country, this in itself is not an insuperable obstacle for lexicography."
• "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.”"