unbridgeable

unbridgeable
UK [ʌnˈbrɪdʒəb(ə)l] / US adjective
used for describing problems or differences between people that are so great that they will never be solved or agreed on

The gulf between us was unbridgeable.


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  • unbridgeable — index insuperable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unbridgeable — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • unbridgeable — un|bridge|a|ble [ʌnˈbrıdʒəbəl] adj unbridgeable differences between two people, groups, or ideas are so big that no one will ever agree about them or be satisfied with them unbridgeable gulf/gap/chasm etc (between sb/sth and sb/sth) ▪ the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unbridgeable — [[t]ʌ̱nbrɪ̱ʤəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ An unbridgeable gap or divide between two sides in an argument is so great that the two sides seem unlikely ever to agree. [JOURNALISM] ...the apparently unbridgeable gulf between the SIS and the Security Service...… …   English dictionary

  • unbridgeable — adj. Unbridgeable is used with these nouns: ↑chasm, ↑gap, ↑gulf …   Collocations dictionary

  • unbridgeable — un|bridge|a|ble [ ʌn brıdʒəbl ] adjective used for describing problems or differences between people that are so great they will never be solved or agreed on: The gulf between the warring parties was unbridgeable …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • unbridgeable — adj. * * * …   Universalium

  • unbridgeable — adjective Unable to be bridged or crossed; impossible to span …   Wiktionary

  • unbridgeable — adj. not capable of being bridged, not able to be spanned …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unbridgeable — adjective (of a gap or difference) not able to be bridged or made less significant …   English new terms dictionary

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