unbridgeable
adjective
un·bridge·able
ˌən-ˈbri-jə-bəl 
: too wide to be crossed or joined by or as if by a bridge : unable to be bridged : not bridgeable
an unbridgeable river/chasm
… an unbridgeable gulf between myth and reality.—
Susan Cheever
Susan Cheever… an unbridgeable gap between the way people think here and the way they think practically everywhere else.—Meg Greenfield
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Without intervention, this pattern threatens to create an increasingly unbridgeable gap between those who can harness AI's potential and those who bear its costs.
—Hessie Jones, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Roberto De Zerbi’s 20 months in charge ended in May by mutual consent, with a drop of five places to 11th across two seasons being less significant than an unbridgeable difference of opinion with owner-chairman Tony Bloom about the club’s recruitment model.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The current spate of office-to-residential conversions faces one frequently unbridgeable chasm that divides commercial from residential high-rises.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
In 2025, the gap between organizations that get this right and those that don't will become unbridgeable.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Hessie Jones, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Roberto De Zerbi’s 20 months in charge ended in May by mutual consent, with a drop of five places to 11th across two seasons being less significant than an unbridgeable difference of opinion with owner-chairman Tony Bloom about the club’s recruitment model.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The current spate of office-to-residential conversions faces one frequently unbridgeable chasm that divides commercial from residential high-rises.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
In 2025, the gap between organizations that get this right and those that don't will become unbridgeable.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Unbridgeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbridgeable. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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