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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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
What was once an ideological divide now seems like an unbridgeable chasm.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
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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
What was once an ideological divide now seems like an unbridgeable chasm.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Unbridgeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbridgeable. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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