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English
Etymology
From un- + travellable.
Adjective
untravellable (not comparable)
- (of a political region, geographical terrain, road, etc.) Unsuitable for or hostile to travel; incapable of being journeyed over or upon.
1793, William Marshall, Rural Economy of the Midland Counties, Dublin, page 43: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.
1848, Edward Lear, Letters of Edward Lear, published 2008, →ISBN, page 8:Greece however is in a very untravellable state just now.
- Unable to travel.
1890, The New South Wales Law Reports, 1880-1900, volume 10, page 337:. . . the defendant to have the right to reject 1000 sheep from the number mustered, which were to include lame or untravellable sheep.
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