unbridgeable

adjective

un·​bridge·​able ˌən-ˈbri-jə-bəl How to pronounce unbridgeable (audio)
: too wide to be crossed or joined by or as if by a bridge : unable to be bridged : not bridgeable
an unbridgeable river/chasm
… an unbridgeable gulf between myth and reality.—Susan Cheever
… an unbridgeable gap between the way people think here and the way they think practically everywhere else.—Meg Greenfield

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Jaron had been and still was their balancing point, and without him the gap seemed unbridgeable. — Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025 And the divide was unbridgeable. — Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2026 An unbridgeable distance opens between them. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 Negotiators will have to bridge seemingly unbridgeable gaps between the two sides. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unbridgeable

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unbridgeable was in 1799

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“Unbridgeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbridgeable. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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