insuperable

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Here and elsewhere, scale is a messaging device, speaking of the Roman imperium’s insuperable need to seize and control large swaths of space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

That the songs don’t match the story structurally is probably an insuperable problem.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Dava Sobel says Eddington told Cecilia that he saw "no insuperable obstacles," and Cecilia kept in touch with Eddington after that initial encounter.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

Lemoine is a supervillain in the least subtle sense, with near-infinite money, insuperable technology and maniacal plans for a grandiose world takeover.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

South Africa’s Mediterranean climate would have been ideal for them, but the 2,000 miles of tropical conditions between Ethiopia and South Africa posed an insuperable barrier.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond