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un·bridge·a·ble

 (ŭn-brĭj′ə-bəl)
adj.
Impossible to span: an unbridgeable chasm; unbridgeable differences.
un·bridge′a·bly adv.

unbridgeable

(ʌnˈbrɪdʒəbəl)
adj
(of a gap or divide between two sides in an argument)so great that the two sides seem unlikely ever to agree
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unbridgeable - not bridgeableunbridgeable - not bridgeable; "a wide unbridgeable river"; "unbridgeable generation gap"
bridgeable - capable of being connected by a bridge or as if by a bridge
Translations

unbridgeable

[ˌʌnˈbrɪdʒəbl] ADJ → insalvable, infranqueable

unbridgeable

[ʌnˈbrɪdʒəbəl] adj [gap, gulf, divide] → infranchissable

unbridgeable

adj → unüberbrückbar
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As editor of this journal, I am of course anxious about wading into (or perhaps barreling toward) the question of the relationship between Zionism and Jewish Studies, especially at a historical moment when the debate seems so unrelentingly and unbridgeably polarized.
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