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impassable

[ im-pas-uh-buhl, -pah-suh- ]

adjective

  1. not passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.:

    Heavy snow made the roads impassable.

  2. unable to be surmounted:

    an impassable obstacle to further negotiations.

  3. (of currency) unable to be circulated:

    He tore the bill in half, making it impassable.



impassable

/ ɪmˈpɑːsəbəl /

adjective

  1. (of terrain, roads, etc) not able to be travelled through or over


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Derived Forms

  • imˈpassably, adverb
  • imˌpassaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • im·passa·bili·ty im·passa·ble·ness noun
  • im·passa·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of impassable1

First recorded in 1560–70; im- 2 + passable

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Example Sentences

Unwisely, he took a shortcut and so missed the impassable Cabora Bassa cataracts blocking the river.

Like a quietly heroic astronaut-to-be from Wapakoneta, Ohio, now gone, they have similar dreams that “nothing is impassable.”

Our beach path was impassable, we found another way on the back road.

Many roads throughout Europe are impassable—Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are particularly stricken.

The road from the Rwanda-Congo border to Bukavu—a war-torn city on the southeastern edge of Lake Kivu—was almost impassable.

The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.

The channel between Bernier and Dorre is about a mile and a half wide, but is so blocked up by rocks as to be impassable.

The direct road was quite impassable and we were compelled to get into the city through by-streets—not an easy task.

At Naples, where I spent six days, I saw nothing, because in bad weather the town is impassable.

He came back, with the report that new shells had made the way impassable; and again Sara Lee shivered.

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