untreadable
Impossible to walk
Untreadable describes a surface that cannot be safely or easily walked upon.
A rotting floor might be untreadable, as might terrain too steep, slippery, or unstable to traverse: The trail became untreadable after the mudslide.
The word is rare, appearing mostly in descriptions of damaged structures or impassable ground.
Impossible to understand
- scrawlCareless, illegible writing
- scribbleWrite without care
- smudgedBlurred by contact
- blurredIndistinct, lacking clarity
faint · smeared · blotted · erased · faded · illegible · messy · jumbled
Impossible to pass through
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- abstruseDifficult to comprehend
- arcaneUnderstood by few
esoteric · opaque · dense · convoluted · obscure · cryptic · enigmatic · baffling
indecipherable
Impossible to understand
blurred · faint · smeared · blotted · erased · faded · illegible · messy · jumbled · muddled
impenetrable
Impossible to pass through
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- abstruseDifficult to comprehend
arcane · esoteric · opaque · dense · convoluted · obscure · cryptic · enigmatic · baffling · perplexing
coded
Converted to symbols
- cipherHidden writing system
- cryptogramCoded message puzzle
- encodedConverted to cipher
scrambled · secret · hidden · veiled · concealed · locked · protected · classified · redacted · censored
untreadabletreadable
Able to be walked
walkable · passable · traversable · navigable · accessible
untreadablepassable
Minimally sufficient quality
open · clear · unobstructed · accessible · penetrable
tread, treadable, treads, treading, trod, trodden, retread, retreads, retreading