insurmountable obstacle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinsurmountableandobstacle
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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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(Definition ofinsurmountableandobstaclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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While it does not necessarily shatter all of our illusions, it surely remains aninsurmountableobstaclefor any project of self-created human happiness.
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The subjectivity barrier is often cited as aninsurmountableobstacleto meaningful phenomenological examination of brain states.
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They chip away at societal images of old people, which seem to others to be aninsurmountableobstacle.
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The lack of housing is aninsurmountableobstacleto the transfer of men and women.
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The atmosphere might be right for one party, but another will produce aninsurmountableobstacleto dialogue.
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However, can these objectives be achieved, or will they again become yet anotherinsurmountableobstacle?
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He said that there might be someinsurmountableobstaclethat was not geological in character.
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The flaw in clause 1(a) is perhaps not the leastinsurmountableobstacle.
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The extreme nature of the sharia represents aninsurmountableobstaclefor normal relations.
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That is aninsurmountableobstacleonly 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 aninsurmountableobstacle.
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Such a situation would be unacceptable and would hinder the free movement of goods, thus establishing an almostinsurmountableobstacleto the single market in electronic services.
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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 aninsurmountableobstacle.
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It is not aninsurmountableobstacle, however.
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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 aninsurmountableobstacle.
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Visa policy must not become aninsurmountableobstaclewhich obstructs the path to democracy.
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That, to me, is theinsurmountableobstacle.
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That is not aninsurmountableobstacle.
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Fourth, that the vagueness of the advertisement's terms was noinsurmountableobstacle.
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If irreducible complexity is aninsurmountableobstacleto evolution, it should not be possible to conceive of such pathways.
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