UNSURMOUNTABLE

unsurmountable, unclimbable

(adjective) incapable of being surmounted or climbed

insurmountable, unsurmountable

(adjective) not capable of being surmounted or overcome; “insurmountable disadvantages”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unsurmountable (comparative more unsurmountable, superlative most unsurmountable)

insurmountable

Source: Wiktionary


Un`sur*mount"a*ble, a.

Definition: Insurmountable. Locke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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OBLIGATE

(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”


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