Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not navigable; incapable of being navigated; that may not be sailed on.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective nautical not
navigable ; impossible tosail through - adjective of a path that cannot be used for any reason.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective incapable of being navigated
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Examples
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Turns out, the roads are nearly unnavigable, so if a teacher doesn't have a four-wheel drive jeep or a motorcycle, s/he can't make it to the school.
Jan Phillips: Being a Light in the World Jan Phillips 2011
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February 14, 2008 at 11: 37 pm thank the baby jesus. all those “other” sites (or at least the ones i found) were nigh-unnavigable.wow. i mighta just made up a new word. anyway, yay for tom welling prime punches and a bat-dickness level of 10! they have ushered in the new era of major spoilage! now if you could just tell us who the Legion REALLY has in those lightning rods???
Meet the New Site, Same as the Old Site | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Many of you have seen the open road of your life become a narrow, unnavigable little path into a darkness you don't want to go.
John Shore: An Open Letter From the Heart of OWS: "We ARE the Message" John Shore 2011
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Turns out, the roads are nearly unnavigable, so if a teacher doesn't have a four-wheel drive jeep or a motorcycle, s/he can't make it to the school.
Jan Phillips: Being a Light in the World Jan Phillips 2011
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Himself, my brainy-sweet husband, in dull shock, his mind maneuvering an unnavigable new reality.
Anne Vitiello: When Crisis Deepens the Divide Anne Vitiello 2011
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Many of you have seen the open road of your life become a narrow, unnavigable little path into a darkness you don't want to go.
John Shore: An Open Letter From the Heart of OWS: "We ARE the Message" John Shore 2011
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Many of you have seen the open road of your life become a narrow, unnavigable little path into a darkness you don't want to go.
John Shore: An Open Letter From the Heart of OWS: "We ARE the Message" John Shore 2011
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On either hand they confront the naked poles, and they recoil from unnavigable space to an intenser struggle among themselves.
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Many of you have seen the open road of your life become a narrow, unnavigable little path into a darkness you don't want to go.
John Shore: An Open Letter From the Heart of OWS: "We ARE the Message" John Shore 2011
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Himself, my brainy-sweet husband, in dull shock, his mind maneuvering an unnavigable new reality.
Anne Vitiello: When Crisis Deepens the Divide Anne Vitiello 2011
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