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insurmountable obstacle

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meanings of insurmountableand obstacle


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insurmountable
adjective
uk /ˌɪn.səˈmaʊn.tə.bəl/ us /ˌɪn.sɚˈmaʊn.t̬ə.bəl/
(especially of a problem or a difficulty) so great that it cannot be dealt ...
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obstacle
noun[C]
uk /ˈɒb.stə.kəl/ us /ˈɑːb.stə.kəl/
something that blocks you so that movement, going forward, or action is prevented or made ...
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Examples of insurmountable obstacle


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While it does not necessarily shatter all of our illusions, it surely remains an insurmountableobstacle for any project of self-created human happiness.
The subjectivity barrier is often cited as an insurmountableobstacle to meaningful phenomenological examination of brain states.
They chip away at societal images of old people, which seem to others to be an insurmountableobstacle.
The lack of housing is an insurmountableobstacle to the transfer of men and women.
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The atmosphere might be right for one party, but another will produce an insurmountableobstacle to dialogue.
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However, can these objectives be achieved, or will they again become yet another insurmountableobstacle?
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
He said that there might be some insurmountableobstacle that was not geological in character.
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The flaw in clause 1(a) is perhaps not the least insurmountableobstacle.
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The extreme nature of the sharia represents an insurmountableobstacle for normal relations.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
That is an insurmountableobstacle only if it is assumed that the current arrangements are set in concrete, but they are not.
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Certainly the problem of paying magistrates expenses for sitting in the county court does not seem to be an insurmountableobstacle.
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Such a situation would be unacceptable and would hinder the free movement of goods, thus establishing an almost insurmountableobstacle to the single market in electronic services.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
One of the most urgent issues is to provide greater support for reconciling professional and family life, which, for many women and, in particular, single mothers, is an insurmountableobstacle.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It is not an insurmountableobstacle, however.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Many people who thirst for an educational opportunity—they may have lost their first chance for such an opportunity at school for whatever reason—regard entrance qualifications as an insurmountableobstacle.
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Visa policy must not become an insurmountableobstacle which obstructs the path to democracy.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
That, to me, is the insurmountableobstacle.
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That is not an insurmountableobstacle.
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Fourth, that the vagueness of the advertisement's terms was no insurmountableobstacle.
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If irreducible complexity is an insurmountableobstacle to evolution, it should not be possible to conceive of such pathways.
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