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impassable - 3 dictionary results

im⋅pass⋅a⋅ble

[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.

Origin:
1560–70; im- 2 + passable


im⋅pass⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, im⋅pass⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
im⋅pass⋅a⋅bly, adverb
im·pass·a·ble   (ĭm-pās'ə-bəl)   
adj.  Impossible to pass, cross, or overcome: impassable roads; impassable problems.
im·pass'a·bil'i·ty, im·pass'a·ble·ness n., im·pass'a·bly adv.

Impassable

Im*pass"a*ble\, a. [Cf. Unpassable.] Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf. --Milton. -- Im*pass"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*pass"a*bly, adv.
Language Translation for : impassable
Spanish: intransitable,
German: unpassierbar,
Japanese: 通れない
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