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unnavigable

[nav-i-guh-buhl] Origin

nav·i·ga·ble

[nav-i-guh-buhl]
adjective
1.
deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
2.
capable of being steered or guided, as a ship, aircraft, or missile.

Origin:
1520–30; < Latin nāvigābilis, equivalent to nāvigā(re) to sail (see navigate) + -bilis -ble

nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, nav·i·ga·ble·ness, noun
nav·i·ga·bly, adverb
non·nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, noun
non·nav·i·ga·ble, adjective
non·nav·i·ga·ble·ness, noun
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non·nav·i·ga·b·ly, adverb
un·nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, noun
un·nav·i·ga·ble, adjective
un·nav·i·ga·ble·ness, noun
un·nav·i·ga·b·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE
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Word Origin & History

navigable
1520s, from navigation + -able.
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