unbridgeable
adjective
un·bridge·able
ˌən-ˈbri-jə-bəl 
: too wide to be crossed or joined by or as if by a bridge : unable to be bridged : not bridgeable
an unbridgeable river/chasm
… an unbridgeable gulf between myth and reality.—
Susan Cheever
Susan Cheever… an unbridgeable gap between the way people think here and the way they think practically everywhere else.—Meg Greenfield
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The inaction stems not from laziness or ignorance but a deep, possibly unbridgeable divide between state and federal powers.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 13 July 2017
No matter how close the two friends may have been, there remains an unbridgeable class divide.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 June 2024
China, meanwhile, will face a growing—and likely unbridgeable—gap between its ambitions and capabilities.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
At first glance, the gap between us and the Japanese seemed unbridgeable.
—Johann Hari, TIME, 9 May 2024
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Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 13 July 2017
No matter how close the two friends may have been, there remains an unbridgeable class divide.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 June 2024
China, meanwhile, will face a growing—and likely unbridgeable—gap between its ambitions and capabilities.
—Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
At first glance, the gap between us and the Japanese seemed unbridgeable.
—Johann Hari, TIME, 9 May 2024
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“Unbridgeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbridgeable. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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