unpassable

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Recent Examples of unpassable 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 Southwest has canceled more than a dozen departing from Louisville after Arctic blast that rendered routes unpassable last week. Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for unpassable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpassable
impassable
Adjective
  • Also check the weather; most roads in the monument are dirt or gravel and can become impassable in rain.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The critical shipping passage has been largely impassable since the conflict began more than a month ago.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Unpassable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpassable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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