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Too great or difficult to overcome.

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insurmountable

Without access to the only available venue, the team faced an apparently insurmountable obstacle.
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An insurmountable size limit prevented the team from moving its rigid sculpture through the exhibition room's only entrance without destroying the work.
From Making a Different Exhibition.
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