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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(of a route, terrain, etc.) Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated..
At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.
[...] at Cowley Bridge Junction, east of Exeter, both lines were impassable from about 1.30 p.m.—the first flooding of the junction for 36 years—and by the evening the water had risen two-thirds of the way up the platforms at St. Davids as Exeter faced its worst flooding for 60 years.
Use impassable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Impassable means (of a route, terrain, etc.) Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated..
Common synonyms include unpassable, unsurmountable, untraversable, unnavigable.
Possible antonyms include passable.
At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.
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