insuperableness

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insuperableness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Insuperable \In*su"per*a*ble\, a. [L. insuperabilis: cf. OF.
     insuperable. See In- not, and Superable.]
     Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable;
     as, insuperable difficulties.
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           And middle natures, how they long to join,
           Yet never pass the insuperable line?     --Pope.
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           The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . . insuperable.
                                                    --I. Taylor.
  
     Syn: Impassable; insurmountable; unconquerable. --
          In*su"per*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*su"per*a*bly, adv.
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