Unclimbable

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not able to be climbed not-comparable

    "Those cliffs are unclimbable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    incapable of being surmounted or climbed wordnet
  2. 2
    incapable of being ascended wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unscalableunscalableunsurmountableunsurmountable

Example

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"The base of each [floodlight] tower forms an outdoor-type sub-station compound with a 7ft unclimbable fence which houses the extra high-voltage ring main switchgear, the transformer and the medium voltage switchgear."

Etymology

From un- + climb + -able.

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