Meanings
- not comparableNot able to be passed.
For many, the discerning of God's will seems like an insurmountable trial or an unpassable test. Rather than complete the exam, they'd just as soon walk away.
2012, David Westphal, Thy Will Be Done in Me: Living the Lord's Prayer, page 81- not comparablehobbiesNot able to be passed; not capable of being beaten at the net by a passing shot.
- not comparableUnable to pass successfully as the gender one wishes to be seen as.
I resolved that night that I would never, ever turn my back on a transgender friend — be they transsexual, cross-dresser, drag queen, or gender-fuck — no matter how unpassable they might be or how much they might get me clocked.
2009, Lannie Rose, Everything Nice, page 191
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveincapable of being passed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishpassable
- Englishunpassable
Cite this entry
unpassable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpassable
“unpassable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpassable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpassable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpassable.
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