No. 13,716 in Russian
непроходимости
"Impassability" or "impenetrability."
In a sentence
Не могли пройти дальше из-за непроходимости дороги.
They couldn't go further due to the road's impassability.
In this sentence, 'непроходимости' refers to the physical condition of the road being impassable, thereby conveying a physical or literal sense of the term.
Он столкнулся с непроходимостью бюрократических процедур.
He encountered the impassability of bureaucratic procedures.
Here, 'непроходимости' is used metaphorically to indicate the difficulties or 'impassable' nature of navigating complex bureaucratic systems.
Писатель передал ощущение непроходимости человеческих предубеждений.
The writer conveyed the sense of the impassability of human prejudices.
In this example, 'непроходимости' is applied in a figurative context to describe the challenging nature or seemingly insurmountable aspect of human biases.
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