Definition of unattainable
:not able to be accomplished or achieved :not attainable
- unattainable goals
- an unattainable ideal
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Another eight-win season is a realistic goal, and even that might be unattainable.
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As Agnes negotiates her first weeks of collegiate life with a quirky roommate and a crush on a seemingly unattainable guy, there’s a suggestion of whimsy that might have worked against the novel’s challenging themes.
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Its upper edge is composed of differently sized planks, jaggedly reaching for a sky that remains unattainable.
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Without those subsidies, individual insurance would often cost thousands of dollars a month — unattainable for most.
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Yet at the same time, some ecologists fear that such a map will also aid mining industries who seek profit in the previously unattainable depths of the Earth.
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True perfection in music is unattainable, of course, but the performances last weekend under Franz Welser-Most came about as close to the ideal as possible.
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If Weber was the art director’s de facto brother, Aquilon was his unattainable dream lover, lavished with attention, books, advice, and page after page of GQ real estate.
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Don Q is represented by a solo cello; sidekick Sancho Panza is a bass clarinet, tuba, and occasionally a viola; sweet, unattainable Dulcinea’s theme is given to the oboe.
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First Known Use of unattainable
1662
unattainable Synonyms
Synonyms
inapproachable, inconvenient, unapproachable, inaccessible, unavailable, unobtainable, unreachable, untouchableAntonyms
accessible, acquirable, approachable, attainable, convenient, getatable, handy, obtainable, procurable, reachableRelated Words
away, distant, far, faraway, far-off, remote, removed; apart, hidden, isolated, out-of-the-way, secludedNear Antonyms
close, immediate, near, nearby, neighboring, next-door, nighLearn More about unattainable
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