surmountable

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Etymology[edit]

surmount +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

surmountable (comparative more surmountable, superlative most surmountable)

  1. Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
    Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles.
    • 2021 November 3, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rolling stock concerns as '701s' "not fit for purpose"”, in RAIL, number 943, page 21:
      A spokesman for South Western Railway told RAIL that all the issues were surmountable, and that it was continuing to work with both the train supplier and the union to bring the trains into service.

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