as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
conventional wisdom had long held that the mountain's summit was inapproachable from the northern slope
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Adjective
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On the northeast of the fire, by Sugar Pine Mountain, crews worked in steep, inaccessible terrain to bring containment lines into the natural rock bluff, trying to cut the fire off south of the Wishon Reservoir for the protection of the critical hydroelectric infrastructure.—
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Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025 -
These schools reinforced both racial and class divides by creating exclusive education spaces inaccessible to many Black and low-income students.—
Time,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In 2023, more than 7 in 10 adults in the US who were prescribed stimulant ADHD medications had problems filling their prescriptions because the medications were unavailable, according to 2024 data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Dr. Jill Grimes,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rice was unavailable for Friday’s game, serving the first game of his six-game league suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Even elements once considered untouchable—such as address space or network identity—are being reimagined as programmable, on-demand resources accessible through APIs and policy layers.—
Vincentas Grinius,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Newsrooms — like many other companies, amid a tight labor market and booming economy — responded with intense sympathy for junior employees who felt mistreated by managers and bullied by untouchable stars.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Inapproachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapproachable. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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