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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Jaron had been and still was their balancing point, and without him the gap seemed unbridgeable.
—Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Even as this partnership has grown by leaps and bounds, there remains an unbridgeable gap between the two countries, given India’s consistent desire to avoid becoming the junior partner—or even a confederate—of any great power.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2023
The gaps between what people make and what homes cost to purchase are simply unbridgeable with small adjustments.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
For all the civility of tone and talk of compromise—Lincoln went so far as to agree that a fugitive slave could be recaptured and returned to bondage—the real conflict was profound and, in the end, unbridgeable.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Even as this partnership has grown by leaps and bounds, there remains an unbridgeable gap between the two countries, given India’s consistent desire to avoid becoming the junior partner—or even a confederate—of any great power.
—Ashley J. Tellis, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2023
The gaps between what people make and what homes cost to purchase are simply unbridgeable with small adjustments.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
For all the civility of tone and talk of compromise—Lincoln went so far as to agree that a fugitive slave could be recaptured and returned to bondage—the real conflict was profound and, in the end, unbridgeable.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Unbridgeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbridgeable. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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