untravellable

alternative untravelable

1. not comparableusuallygeographical terrainroadUnsuitable for or hostile to travel; incapable of being journeyed over or upon.

   Greece however is in a very untravellable state just now.

   1848, Edward Lear, Letters of Edward Lear, published 2008, →ISBN, page 8

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   By encreasing the hollowness of a wide carriage road, much beyond the utility of form, the margins might no doubt be brought into a travellable state; whereas, of a flat road, in a wet season, every part, from side to side becomes equally untravellable.

   1793, William Marshall, Rural Economy of the Midland Counties, Dublin, page 43

   [I]n this parish—without rectory, without school, without rector, with a pauper population, and untravellable roads—your petitioner spent upwards of seven months.

   1855, “Petition Extraordinary”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words, volume 11

   Synonyms: impassable, untraversable

2. not comparableUnable to travel.

   . . . the defendant to have the right to reject 1000 sheep from the number mustered, which were to include lame or untravellable sheep.

   1890, The New South Wales Law Reports, 1880-1900, volume 10, page 337