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[ im-pas-uh-buhl, -pah-suh- ] / ɪmˈpæs ə bəl, -ˈpɑ sə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR impassable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.: Heavy snow made the roads impassable. unable to be surmounted: an impassable obstacle to further negotiations. (of currency) unable to be circulated: He tore the bill in half, making it impassable. Origin of impassableFirst recorded in 1560–70; im-2 + passable OTHER WORDS FROM impassableim·pass·a·bil·i·ty, im·pass·a·ble·ness, nounim·pass·a·bly, adverbWords nearby impassableimparl, imparlance, impart, impartial, impartible, impassable, impasse, impassible, impassion, impassionate, impassioned Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for impassableUnwisely, he took a shortcut and so missed the impassable Cabora Bassa cataracts blocking the river. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? The Victorian Explorer at 200|Tim Jeal|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST Like a quietly heroic astronaut-to-be from Wapakoneta, Ohio, now gone, they have similar dreams that “nothing is impassable.” Fire In Cairo: A View From the Arab Street|John Kael Weston|September 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST Our beach path was impassable, we found another way on the back road. Our Visit From Irene|India Hicks|August 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST Many roads throughout Europe are impassable—Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are particularly stricken. European Travel Breakdown|Clive Irving|December 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
German found the old road blocked up with fallen rocks, so as to be impassable. The Lives of the Saints, Volume II (of 16): February|Sabine Baring-Gould In the south, however, this ancient custom still remains in full force; the doors there are yet impassable to lovers. A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla|Leigh Hunt The idea of caste as an eternal and impassable barrier has largely determined the history of India. The Group Mind|William McDougall In fact, an impassable gulf yawned between the old Roman religion and modern Roman thought. Ten Great Religions|James Freeman Clarke Souls reach out to each other across the impassable gulfs of individual being. The Spinster Book|Myrtle Reed
British Dictionary definitions for impassable
adjective(of terrain, roads, etc) not able to be travelled through or over Derived forms of impassableimpassability or impassableness, nounimpassably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to impassableinsurmountable, impenetrable, forbidden, blockaded, obstructed, pathless, trackless, untrodden |