"unbridgeable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unbridgeable [comparative], most unbridgeable [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + bridge + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|bridge|-able}} un- + bridge + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} unbridgeable (comparative more unbridgeable, superlative most unbridgeable)
  1. Unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span. Synonyms: unbridgable Translations (unable to be bridged): onoverbrugbaar (Dutch), unüberbrückbar (German), unüberwindlich (German), αγεφύρωτος (agefýrotos) (Greek), inconciliable (Spanish), oöverbryggbar (Swedish), oöverbrygglig (Swedish)

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