impassabilityn.
/ɪmˌpɑːsəˈbɪlᵻti//ɪmˌpasəˈbɪlᵻti/ The quality or condition of being impassable; with plural, an impassable place, etc.
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society > travel > [noun] > ability to be travelled through or over > inability
unpassableness1645
impracticablenessa1715
impassableness1727
impracticability1766
impassability1772
imperviability1821
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > condition of being impassable
unpassableness1645
impassability1772
1772 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. I. 399 The impassibility of the ways between this and Whitehall.
1863 Life in South II. 225 The ‘cane brakes’ are such a network of impassabilities.
1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 358 Ignorant of the impassability of the road to Odaté.
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