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# Word of The Day
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- Published: 2024-07-03T18:15:06.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-04T06:39:18.000Z
- Author: The Editor
- Tags: General

**Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 3, 2024 is:**

**insuperable** • \\in-SOO-puh-ruh-bul\\ • *adjective*  

Something described as insuperable is impossible to gain control of, solve, or overcome.

// The book tells the inspiring story of a group of people who achieved a great deal despite nearly *insuperable* obstacles.

[See the entry >](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insuperable?ref=goodoil.news)

**Examples:**  

"A love story comes into meteoric focus in this musical \[*The Lonely Few*\], which features a book by Rachel Bonds and a score by Zoe Sarnak. Two women who are attached to their cultural roots yet alienated by the conservative values of their communities hold for each other the answer to problems that until now have seemed *insuperable*." — Charles McNulty, *The Los Angeles Times*, 19 Mar. 2023

**Did you know?**  

*Insuperable* is a super word: that is, it belongs to a family of English terms that come from the Latin word *super*, meaning "over." It first appeared in print in the 14th century, and as a close synonym of [*insurmountable*](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insurmountable?ref=goodoil.news), it still essentially means what it did then. *Insuperable* comes directly from the Latin word *insuperabilis*, which was formed by combining the negative prefix *in-* with the verb *superare* (which comes from *super* and means "to surmount, overcome, or excel") and the adjective *abilis* (meaning "able"). Hence, *insuperabilis* means "unable to be surmounted, overcome, or passed over," or more simply, "insurmountable." The word can describe physical barriers that cannot be scaled (such as walls or mountains) as well as more figurative obstacles.