Insurmountable \In`sur*mount"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + surmountable: cf. F. insurmountable.] Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. --Locke.
Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is insurmountable. --I. Watts.
Syn: Insuperable; impassable; invincible.
But with a little good will, and some more concrete assurances from the French side, none of this need be insurmountable.
And incumbents of both parties usually enjoy insurmountable fund-raising advantages and represent districts drawn to maximize their re-election prospects.
Sept. 20 _ Mernick backs out of deal to buy Heritage USA because conflicting claims to the land from an Indian tribe have prevented him from obtaining title insurance, presenting an insurmountable barrier to closing deal by Sept. 30 deadline.
The position paper concludes that repeal "could have an opposite, deleterious effect, including lessening competition by reducing the number of insurers currently in the market and imposing insurmountable barriers on entry into the industry."
These are difficult but not insurmountable issues.
Tokyo share prices eased during most of the afternoon session in heavy trading, as the 28000-barrier on the Nikkei index proved insurmountable once again.
A scarcity of local financing is "a shortcoming," but not insurmountable, he says.
They point to opinion polls indicating that presidential candidate Patricio Aylwin, a Christian Democrat backed by a united center-left opposition, has a nearly insurmountable lead.
Despite the economics of the case, the political argument against a large tax increase seems to be insurmountable.
Deadlocks on troop strengths and verification of troop and weapons cuts, among other issues, proved insurmountable in the climate of distrust generated by superpower confrontation.
Ms. Vockert, 29, said: "It was love at first sight." They soon decided to marry, but bureaucracy and East Germany's tough emigration policies proved insurmountable, Ms. Vockert said.
A bill to limit U.S. imports of textiles, apparel and shoes cleared the Senate on Friday but faces almost insurmountable obstacles.
Soviet negotiator Oleg Grinevsky said the gaps were not insurmountable.
The Moslems here have two insurmountable problems: they are in a minority of 40 per cent and the town is only a short drive away from Bosnia and the war. It is strange, talking to the men in the bars.
"The administration's push for the line-item veto faces virtually insurmountable opposition from lawmakers unwilling to yield power over the purse to the executive branch."
They are in demand here because they are thought to be a natural fit for Singapore's Chinese-dominated society, where language would not be an insurmountable barrier.
"We gave them the information to make the proper choices." The "reform" of franked mail regulations was heralded as curtailing the free mailings that have given incumbents an almost insurmountable advantage over challengers.
Under Mr. Osborne, the paper has built what many analysts consider an insurmountable lead.
He told the Chongwenmen Protestant Church congregation that a strong faith in God helps people cope with seemingly insurmountable problems.
Several times he was faulted for allowing Sunday Silence to gain leads over his late-running mount that were to prove insurmountable.
Nor do its customers' contracts, which permit renegotiation if NFC has new owners, provide an insurmountable barrier.
"We don't think we have anything that's insurmountable," Mr. Phillips says.
(Malta's diplomatic corps mans some 15 embassies and consulates worldwide). Brussels' message to Malta is that these difficulties are not insurmountable.