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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Assembly Bill 56, authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-Orinda, originally required a 90 second unpassable warning at the beginning of usage.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Richie Diuyen, a disaster official in Manay near the epicenter, said the quake lasted 30 to 40 seconds and initial damage included some houses, the facade of a church, cracked roads, and unpassable bridges.
—Mikhail Flores, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Richie Diuyen, a disaster official in Manay near the epicenter, said the quake lasted 30 to 40 seconds and initial damage included some houses, the facade of a church, cracked roads, and unpassable bridges.
—Mikhail Flores, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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“Unpassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpassable. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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