impassable
pronunciation
How to pronounce impassable in British English:
UK [ɪmˈpɑ:səbl]
How to pronounce impassable in American English:
US [ɪmˈpæsəbl]
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- Adjective:
- impossible to pass
Word Origin
- impassable (adj.)
- "that cannot be passed," 1560s, from im- + passable.
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Example
- 1. The snow has made the road impassable .
- 2. The princess lies sleeping on the far-away shore of the seven impassable seas .
- 3. But for those , including this newspaper , who still hope for a two-state solution , the new houses are an impassable obstacle .
- 4. Letting crisis pregnancy centers become an impassable obstacle to abortion has given misogynist legislators a way to deprive women of any ability to get an abortion while leaving abortion technically legal .
- 5. You know many streets are impassable .