Dictionary

untravellable en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + travellable.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a political region, qualifier:geographical terrain, usually) 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:
   • [I]n this parish—without rectory, without school, without rector, with a pauper population, and untravellable roads—your petitioner spent upwards of seven months. 1855, “Petition Extraordinary”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words, volume 11:
   • Greece however is in a very untravellable state just now. 1848, Edward Lear, Letters of Edward Lear, published 2008, →ISBN, page 8:
2. (not-comparable) 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:

Forms

Synonyms

untraversable (incapable of being journeyed over) · impassable (incapable of being journeyed over)