unnavigable
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unnavigable
adjective more unnavigable · most unnavigable · unnavigatable
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Not navigable: difficult or impossible to navigate.
Near-synonym: impassible
Similar: innavigable, impassible · Opposite: navigable
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Impossible to sail through; impassible to watercraft, unusable as a waterway (for example, too shallow).
Theſe flatts make it unnavigable for ſhippes, yet at high vvater great Boates, Loiters, and Pinnaces of 20, and 30 tun, may ſaile up to the plantation, but they neede have a skilfull Pilote, becauſe of many dangerous rockes and foaming breakers, that lye at the mouth of that Bay.
Similar: innavigable, impassible · Opposite: navigable
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That is totally impassible: cannot be used for any reason.
The trail was unnavigable since the flood washed it away.
Similar: innavigable, impassible · Opposite: navigable
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adj not navigable
| Español | innavegable |
|---|---|
| Português | inavegável |
| Français | innavigable |
| Ελληνικά | αδιάπλευστος adiáplefstos |
| Русский | несудохо́дный nesudoxódnyj |
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