unbridgeable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

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adj

"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."

Etymology tree English un- English bridge Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unbridgeable From un- + bridge + -able.

more unbridgeable (comparative) most unbridgeable (superlative) unbridgable (alternative)

unbridgeableness unbridgeably

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What does unbridgeable mean?

Unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span.

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