adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an insuperable/insurmountable obstacle (= one that it is impossible to find a solution to )
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The problem does not present an insurmountable obstacle.
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There are no insuperable obstacles to the purchase of the company.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
barrier
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Then it seemed that class differences were an insurmountable barrier , but this too was not the only answer.
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When it comes to entrepreneurship there are no insurmountable barriers except those we impose on ourselves.
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Yet language difficulties have never been insurmountable barriers .
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The cost was an insurmountable barrier for many small businesses, and these new business strategies created many side effects.
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For a start, sheer distance put a well-nigh insurmountable barrier be-tween me and my peers.
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The railroads overcame what, until then, had been insurmountable barriers of time and distance.
problem
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It gives us the confidence to cope with other apparently insurmountable problems , knowing that we have excelled ourselves before. 3.
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Some of the things that many people consider insurmountable problems are merely quirks, natural divergences of opinion or taste.
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Items with high added value would only be subcontracted if there were insurmountable problems of some sort in making it in-house.
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The insurmountable problems of yesterday look easy today.
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I'd never skied in my life but that wasn't an insurmountable problem !
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Yet still I do not see the size of the population as an insurmountable problem .
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I left school at fifteen years old and came face to face with my insurmountable problem-my future.
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It would not constitute an insurmountable problem .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Graham overcame seemingly insurmountable transportation barriers to complete his tour.