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untravellable

untravellable adjective: unsuitable for or hostile to travel; incapable of being journeyed over or upon.

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
    • Greece however is in a very untravellable state just now.1848, Edward Lear, Letters of Edward Lear, published 2008, →ISBN, page 8
  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

Synonyms of untravellable

Forms of untravellable

alternative formuntravelable

Origin of untravellable

From un- + travellable.

Questions about untravellable

What does untravellable mean?
Untravellable means unsuitable for or hostile to travel; incapable of being journeyed over or upon.
What part of speech is untravellable?
Untravellable is an adjective.

Words near untravellable in the dictionary

  1. untraumatised
  2. untraumatized
  3. untravelable
  4. untraveled
  5. untraveling
  6. untravellable
  7. untravelled
  8. untravelling
  9. untraversability
  10. untraversable
  11. untraversed

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