(a.) Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible.
(n.) An impossibility.
Example Sentences:
(1) The size of Florida makes the kind of face-to-face politics of the earlier contests impossible, requiring instead huge ad spending.
(2) It was considered worthwhile to report this case due to the problems which arose concerning the choice of a thoracic rather than abdominal route owing to the impossibility of associating cardiomyotomy with anti-reflux plastica surgery because of the reduced dimensions of the stomach.
(3) During periods of wet steam it was impossible to maintain consistent sterility of the mouse pellets even using a cycle of 126 degrees C for 60 minutes.
(4) It is stated, that it is impossible to strive to effectively control the smoking habit neither by way of the consulting hours for smokers nor by means of the 5-days-plans.
(5) It’s impossible to understand why they don’t hold a PRB every single day.
(6) The contra-indications for them are: 1. a better visual acuity with spectacles than with contact lenses, 2. advanced cases (4th degree of Amsler) whose fitting is impossible, 3. unilateral keratoconus, 4. associated diseases such as trachomatous pannus, allergic kerato-conjunctivitis.
(7) Not long ago the comeback would have been impossible to imagine.
(8) It is often difficult if not impossible to include a pediatric patient in the planning of burn reconstruction.
(9) But leading British doctors Sarah Creighton , consultant gynaecologist at the private Portland Hospital, Susan Bewley , consultant obstetrician at St Thomas's and Lih-Mei Liao , clinical psychologist in women's health at University College Hospital then wrote to the journal countering that his clitoral restoration claims were "anatomically impossible".
(10) "I have tried to borrow the money, but it was simply impossible."
(11) It appears impossible to define a "positive" tilt test that would adequately identify patients with clinically significant dehydration or blood loss; this is due to the large variance in patients' orthostatic measurements both in a healthy and in an ill state and the lack of a significant correlation of orthostatic measurements to a level of dehydration.
(12) The grand patriarch, battling dissent and delusion, coming in for another shot, a new king on the throne, an impossible future to face down.
(13) Contrary to the claims of some commentators, such as Steve Vladeck , it is impossible to argue reasonably that the memo imposed a requirement of "infeasibility of capture" on Obama's assassination power.
(14) Clearly, it is impossible to combine the diverse information briefly outlined in this review to provide a coherent model of the regulation of globin gene expression during development.
(15) This report emphasizes the value of intensive investigation before surgery, since it may be impossible to identify the site of bleeding at laparotomy.
(16) It is as yet impossible to judge how far routine magnetic resonance imaging will supplant or complement CT in making the initial clinical diagnosis.
(17) She said it was impossible to attribute the increase in Indigenous women’s incarceration rates to one specific factor, but law and order policies of federal and state governments should be examined.
(18) It was impossible to distinguish the type of drug used for inhibition of EIA if it caused bronchodilatation at rest.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Columnist Jonathan Freedland and economics editor Larry Elliott discuss the late-night deal that the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed to When it comes to the now-abandoned Thessaloniki Programme, the radical manifesto on which Alexis Tsipras came to power, there is always talk of implementing it “from below”: that is, demanding so many workers’ rights inside the industries designated for privatisation that it becomes impossible; or implementing the minimum wage through wildcat strikes.
(20) It was impossible to trace the axons originating in the NLT, since the cyto- and axoplasm could not be stained specifically.
Insurmountable
Definition:
(a.) Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Residual technical problems remain which should not prove insurmountable.
(2) It presents a challenge, but not an insurmountable one.
(3) They serve only to create insurmountable barriers that effectively eliminate medical abortions as an available option."
(4) The following myths are discussed and refuted: (1) There is an insurmountable community-research chasm.
(5) This speech was designed to allow progressives once again to see Barack Obama as they have always wanted to see him, his policies notwithstanding: as a deeply thoughtful, moral, complex leader who is doing his level best, despite often insurmountable obstacles, to bring about all those Good Things that progressives thought they would be getting when they empowered him.
(6) loxtidine and lamitidine, are insurmountable H2-receptor blockers.
(7) The challenges sometimes feel insurmountable, Tousif says.
(8) David Cameron is preparing to bow to insurmountable political opposition by putting the coalition's flagship NHS reform bill on hold beyond Easter, and possibly for as long as three months.
(9) In the pithed rat, EXP3892 showed selective and insurmountable AII antagonism.
(10) Recent data suggest that hyperacute rejection may not represent an insurmountable barrier to discordant xenotransplantation.
(11) The scale and depth of the climate challenge may seem insurmountable, and politicians will tell us with no irony, that they cannot sell, and no one will buy the policy ticket necessary for our own environmental rescue.
(12) The study of agonist-antagonist interactions may be aided by the use of these procedures, as descriptions of insurmountable antagonism may be complemented by the identification of stimulus conditions associated with the antagonist, as well as those conditions that represent novel stimulus states.
(13) The authors conclude that though the process to primary mental health care will be a long one, the problems are unlikely to be insurmountable.
(14) No insurmountable problems in the development of the artificial heart have been identified.
(15) The reliance on scientific evidence appears to present almost insurmountable problems of proof of causation to the plaintiff.
(16) That problem might not have been insurmountable had it presented itself at another point in our history.
(17) In one case, a further increase in buspirone dose resulted in an insurmountable antagonism, i.e., increasing APO dose still resulted in primarily saline-appropriate responding.
(18) Taken together, these results show that GRI17289 is a potent, specific, selective and insurmountable antagonist at angiotensin AT, receptors.
(19) But if Pope Francis has his way, a deal to bridge what many believe is an insurmountable divide between the Roman Catholic church and the communist Chinese government could be announced within the next 30 days.
(20) Shareable cities These may seem like fairly insurmountable obstacles.