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untravelable

untravelable is the alternative form of untravellable.

Meaning of untravellable

Adjective

untravellable (not comparable)

  1. (usually, geographical terrain) 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.1793, William Marshall, Rural Economy of the Midland Counties, Dublin, page 43
  2. Unable to travel.
    • . . . the defendant to have the right to reject 1000 sheep from the number mustered, which were to include lame or untravellable sheep.1890, The New South Wales Law Reports, 1880-1900, volume 10, page 337

Origin of untravelable

From un- + travel + -able.

Questions about untravelable

What is untravelable the alternative form of?
Untravelable is the alternative form of untravellable.

Words near untravelable in the dictionary

  1. untrashed
  2. untrashy
  3. untraumatic
  4. untraumatised
  5. untraumatized
  6. untravelable
  7. untraveled
  8. untraveling
  9. untravellable
  10. untravelled
  11. untravelling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untravelable (page history and authors); untravellable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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