unpassable
adjective
un·pass·able
ˌən-ˈpa-sə-bəl 
: incapable of being traveled, traveled through, or crossed : impassable
… a continent of land of at least 1800 miles, in which journey we had … unpassable deserts to go over …—
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At Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, fee collectors and trail maintenance employees lost their jobs, which could make trails unpassable after heavy rains, Brengel told the news service.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Rodgers and others said locals were using pack mules to help rescue people as well as to deliver food, water and other essentials to residents in areas where roads remain unpassable.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Human and drug traffickers, and a massive wave of humanity, have now beaten a path through the previously unpassable Darien Gap, which separates the two continents.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
McConnell has instead pushed forward a bill that combines increasing stimulus checks with repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and establishing a commission to study voter fraud, two contentious issues that make the legislation unpassable to Democrats.
—Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2021
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Gary Stoller, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Rodgers and others said locals were using pack mules to help rescue people as well as to deliver food, water and other essentials to residents in areas where roads remain unpassable.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
Human and drug traffickers, and a massive wave of humanity, have now beaten a path through the previously unpassable Darien Gap, which separates the two continents.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 12 Mar. 2024
McConnell has instead pushed forward a bill that combines increasing stimulus checks with repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and establishing a commission to study voter fraud, two contentious issues that make the legislation unpassable to Democrats.
—Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2021
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“Unpassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpassable. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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