unbridgeable

English

Alternative forms

unbridgable

Etymology

From un- +‎ bridge +‎ -able.

Adjective

unbridgeable (comparative more unbridgeable, superlative most unbridgeable)

Unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span.
- 1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana:
  The gap between feather-assisted running and feather-assisted flying seemed evolutionarily unbridgeable. But now again the notion of ground-travel aerodynamics is being given some careful thought.

Translations

unable to be bridged

Dutch: onoverbrugbaar (nl)
German: unüberbrückbar (de), unüberwindlich (de)
Greek: αγεφύρωτος (el) (agefýrotos)
Spanish: inconciliable (es)
Swedish: oöverbryggbar, oöverbrygglig

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