Explore Unnavigable through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like impassable or unpassable. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Unnavigable in a sentence
Unnavigable meaning
- Not navigable: difficult or impossible to navigate.
- Impossible to sail through; impassible to watercraft, unusable as a waterway (for example, too shallow).
Synonyms of Unnavigable
Using Unnavigable
- The main meaning on this page is: Not navigable: difficult or impossible to navigate. | Not navigable: difficult or impossible to navigate. | Impossible to sail through; impassible to watercraft, unusable as a waterway (for example, too shallow).
- Useful related words include: impassable, unpassable.
- In the example corpus, unnavigable often appears in combinations such as: and unnavigable.
Context around Unnavigable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unnavigable
- In this selection, "unnavigable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, once, waterway, powerful, due, rapids and storms stand out and add context to how "unnavigable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and usually unnavigable and the and falls and unnavigable rapids. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unnavigable" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unnavigable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Platte proved to be unnavigable. (6 words)
The lake has a reputation for periodically powerful, unnavigable storms. (10 words)
Emergency vehicles can now travel freely through streets that were once unnavigable. (12 words)
There, most of these people would set out overland along the large but shallow and unnavigable Platte River, which was described by pioneers as "a mile wide and an inch deep" and "the most magnificent and useless of rivers". (39 words)
Moncton lies at the original head of navigation on the river, however a causeway to Riverview (constructed in 1968) resulted in extensive sedimentation of the river channel downstream and rendered the Moncton area of the waterway unnavigable. (37 words)
Although the Mekong is unnavigable due to a number of rapids, the hope was that the river might be tamed with the help of French engineering and a combination of railways. (31 words)
Example sentences (11)
Horror film veteran Barrera” while Gillett said sets were unnavigable because they were so doused in blood.
Emergency vehicles can now travel freely through streets that were once unnavigable.
Although the Mekong is unnavigable due to a number of rapids, the hope was that the river might be tamed with the help of French engineering and a combination of railways.
Indians along the way were often paid in trade goods to help them portage around falls and unnavigable rapids.
Moncton lies at the original head of navigation on the river, however a causeway to Riverview (constructed in 1968) resulted in extensive sedimentation of the river channel downstream and rendered the Moncton area of the waterway unnavigable.
The lake has a reputation for periodically powerful, unnavigable storms.
The Platte proved to be unnavigable.
Thereafter a series of falls and rapids render the Niger unnavigable in all seasons.
There, most of these people would set out overland along the large but shallow and unnavigable Platte River, which was described by pioneers as "a mile wide and an inch deep" and "the most magnificent and useless of rivers".
The upper reaches of the rivers are wild and usually unnavigable, and the lower reaches are prone to seasonal flooding.
When the river became unnavigable, the building was no longer needed, and it was eventually abandoned.
Common combinations with unnavigable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: