passable
adjective
capable of being passed through, beyond, or over; fit to be traversed, penetrated, crossed, etc., as a road, forest, or stream.
unpassable
-
a word derived from
passable.
Example Sentences
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The floods knocked out power and debris from landslides left roads damaged or unpassable.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
The Darién has been classified as unpassable for many years, but desperation has changed that.
From Slate ● May 11, 2024
"We couldn't physically get into Windermere, the car couldn't get up the hill, so we tried a few different routes into Windermere but, by this point, they're all unpassable so we turned round," she said.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
In the village of Zagora on Pilion, farming union leader Thodoris Georgadakis urged authorities to mend the unpassable roads leading to local orchards where apples await harvesting.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
The walls of fences and unpassable hedges rose around him.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
