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as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
an eagle's nest in an unattainable location
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as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
unfortunately, world peace is probably an unattainable ideal
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Recent Examples of unattainable
Algorithms exploit emotional vulnerabilities, flooding teenagers with dopamine hits: unattainable beauty standards, dangerous challenges and a relentless comparison game.
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Andrae Bailey, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
The transfer cost Forest £25m, with potential add-ons of £17.5m depending on what seemed at the time to be largely unattainable targets, such as qualifying for the Champions League.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
These cutting-edge compounds are redefining how diseases are diagnosed and treated, delivering innovations that seemed unattainable a decade ago.
—Stephen Belcher, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
However, such peace is unattainable without clear and binding security guarantees.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unattainable
Andrae Bailey, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
The transfer cost Forest £25m, with potential add-ons of £17.5m depending on what seemed at the time to be largely unattainable targets, such as qualifying for the Champions League.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
These cutting-edge compounds are redefining how diseases are diagnosed and treated, delivering innovations that seemed unattainable a decade ago.
—Stephen Belcher, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
However, such peace is unattainable without clear and binding security guarantees.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unattainable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattainable
Adjective
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But even for Haitians in the capital, the city remains inaccessible due to the gangs control of roads and its tiny airport.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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By 2021, Monk had figured out how to count up all sorts of geodesics that had previously been inaccessible.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But dodging it’s nearly impossible for most New Yorkers, so the dread just keeps simmering.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
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Given his excellent contact and batted ball profile, a .254 AVG is at his low-end, and .300 is hardly impossible.—
Jake Ciely,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Garson's record could not be independently verified, as a full video of her remarks is unavailable.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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At present, specifics regarding the extent of land burned and the size of the crew executing the prescribed fire are unavailable.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The dance begin and the people are hopeless, bumping into one another but totally enjoying the experience.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The 60-year-old actress — who has famously portrayed hopeless romantic Charlotte York on the SATC franchise since 1998 — got candid about her brief romance with Alec Baldwin on a recent episode of Rob Lowe's Literally!—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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An exit from deflation and deepening corporate governance reforms have drawn more investors to a market once seen as all but untouchable for foreigners.—
Reuters,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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That makes sense for untouchable contract star Luna, but her casting only underscores yet again the ordinariness of the construction of the film’s back-to-planet-Earth prison scenes.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
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The house, the cars, and the security that seemed so unobtainable back then have come through work and time.—
Wes Siler,
Outside Online,
19 Sep. 2024
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Modern-day computers, subject to the Von Neumann bottleneck, are primarily composed of series circuits, so a comparable level of information processing is unobtainable.—
Lindsey Laughlin,
Ars Technica,
10 July 2024
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“Unattainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattainable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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