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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(of a political region, geographical terrain, road, etc.) Unsuitable for or hostile to travel; incapable of being journeyed over or upon..
By encreasing the hollowness of a wide carriage road, much beyond the utility of form, the margins might no doubt be brought into a travellable state; whereas, of a flat road, in a wet season, every part, from side to side becomes equally untravellable.
Greece however is in a very untravellable state just now.
[I]n this parish—without rectory, without school, without rector, with a pauper population, and untravellable roads—your petitioner spent upwards of seven months.
. . . the defendant to have the right to reject 1000 sheep from the number mustered, which were to include lame or untravellable sheep.
Use untravellable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Untravellable means (of a political region, geographical terrain, road, etc.) Unsuitable for or hostile to travel; incapable of being journeyed over or upon..
Common synonyms include impassable, untraversable.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
By encreasing the hollowness of a wide carriage road, much beyond the utility of form, the margins might no doubt be brought into a travellable state; whereas, of a flat road, in a wet season, every part, from side to side becomes equally untravellable.
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