unmotorable

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adjective

Not motorable; which cannot be traversed by motor vehicle.

OriginEnglish motorable ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor →
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Meanings

adjectiveunmotorable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot motorable; which cannot be traversed by motor vehicle.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmoveō
  12. Latinmōtor
  13. Middle Englishmotour
  14. Englishmotor
  15. Englishmotorable
  16. Englishunmotorable

From un- + motorable.

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APA

unmotorable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmotorable

MLA

“unmotorable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmotorable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmotorable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmotorable.

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