Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpassable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: un-pass-able
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not able to be passed.

adj

Not able to be passed.

adj

Unable to pass successfully as the gender one wishes to be seen as.

Example Sentences

"For many, the discerning of God's will seems like an insurmountable trial or an unpassable test. Rather than complete the exam, they'd just as soon walk away."
"I resolved that night that I would never, ever turn my back on a transgender friend — be they transsexual, cross-dresser, drag queen, or gender-fuck — no matter how unpassable they might be or how much they might get me clocked."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English passable English unpassable From un- + passable.

Derived Forms

unpassableness unpassably

Frequently Paired Words

impassable

Synonyms

impassable

Questions

What does unpassable mean?: Not able to be passed.
Where does unpassable come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English passable English unpassable From un- + passable.

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