unpassable
- adjective
- /ʌnˈpæsəbl/
- At this hour of the night, in these unpassable alleys, why did this unseen car frighten him?
Examples
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The hiking trail was declared unpassable because of the flooding from the recent rains.
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His numbers of debt as well as death and destruction, of which in combination, are virtually unpassable for anyone to do again other than another current-day Republican possibly.
Blog text (2) -
We passed through an unpassable pass together.
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Units are trying to respond but are reporting that streets surrounding the hospital are flooded and unpassable.
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Here's some irony: it's OK for the city to build sidewalks unpassable to the handicapped, yet they require that new homes in the inner loop build 4.
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After the heavy storm, the main road was completely unpassable due to fallen trees and debris.
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Local officials warned that several sections of the highway were unpassable following the heavy snowfall.
Synonyms
Not able to be reached, used, or understood
Not possible to enter or go through
A road, path, or area you cannot travel through
Too dangerous or blocked to go across
Hard to reach because it is far away or blocked
Not possible to cross by people or vehicles
Impossible to travel through because obstacles block the way
Closed so nothing can pass through, for example a nose or road
Antonyms
How Passable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unpassable breaks into un- meaning 'not' and pass meaning 'to go through', as in passage and passport. So unpassable means 'not able to be crossed or traveled through'.