unbridged
Americanadjective
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not spanned by or provided with a connecting bridge.
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(of a gap or divide between ideas, groups, etc.) not addressed or resolved, lacking continuity, cohesion, or reconciliation.
Example Sentences
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The shadow was long after all, the divide unbridged.
From Economist ● Jun. 29, 2017
Henry traveled by horseback on obscure bridle-paths, unbridged water courses, hearing the ringing of the woodman’s axe, and lived in a humble log cabin wore homespun dress, a true pioneer, a settler of the frontier.
From Forbes ● Jul. 30, 2014
Though the Communists could still cross their unbridged rivers by arranging makeshift spans of wicker boats at night, they were being forced more and more to avoid the roads.
From Time Magazine Archive
But still the Hudson was unbridged, and still the North River Bridge Co. was more a prospectus than a performance.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had made our camp in the bend of an enormous river, wide and shallow and unbridged; the river Kadarin, traditionally a point of no return for humans on Darkover.
From The Planet Savers by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
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