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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Aside from the snail’s contributions to modern armor and material sciences, Copley says, there are philosophical reasons to preserve the future of a creature that lives in an environment as alien and inaccessible to humans as any ecosystem on our planet.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026 -
His Georges is so psychologically sealed off that even his own guilt seems inaccessible to him.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Kate Martin made her Sparks debut as a developmental player with Atkins and Sania Feagin (lower left leg) unavailable and picked up one rebound in six minutes.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2026
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Services become unavailable because of sanctions, regulatory shifts, or local law.—
David Liberman,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Jonathan Anderson took the brand’s delicate, almost untouchable feminine aesthetic and added a touch of irony.—
Marilú Almaguer,
Glamour,
4 May 2026
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That failure, however, was the end of the window for the state to get to Wachsmann, a Wake Forest commit with a triple-digit fastball who has been almost untouchable in the two years since.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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“Inapproachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapproachable. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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