insuperability


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in·su·per·a·ble

 (ĭn-so͞o′pər-ə-bəl)
adj.
Impossible to overcome; insurmountable: insuperable odds.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin īnsuperābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + superābilis, superable; see superable.]
in·su′per·a·bil′i·ty n.
in·su′per·a·bly adv.
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