unreachable

un·reach·able | \ ˌən-ˈrē-chə-bəl

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Definition of unreachable

: incapable of being reached: such as

a : impossible to get to or get at a location unreachable by car

b : impossible to contact or communicate with was unreachable by phone emotionally unreachable teenagers

c : impossible to achieve : not attainable an unreachable dream/goal

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Recent Examples on the Web Families aspiring to send their children to college begin to work within its unreachable promises, archaic ideas, and arduous demands very early on in their lives together and expect the strain to last long after children leave their homes. — Caitlin Zaloom, Time, "How the Student Debt Complex Is Crushing the Next Generation of Americans," 29 Oct. 2019 Saccomanno continues to set new goals for herself, making a habit of stretching beyond limits that previously appeared unreachable. — Justin Barrasso, SI.com, "The Week in Wrestling: Mandy Rose Takes Unconventional Path to WWE Stardom," 25 Sep. 2019 The gun must be unloaded, in a case or box, unreachable by the driver or secured on a gun rack, among other restrictions. — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, "Week filled with gun thefts in Cleveland-area highlight issues surrounding gun security," 25 Jan. 2020 The problem, and the underlying moral challenge, is the likely existence of conscious but unreachable patients. — Jacob M. Appel, STAT, "A ‘radical proposition’: A health care veteran tries to upend the system and bring drug prices down," 9 Jan. 2020 Of those 5,000 sites, 600 are cliff dwellings carved into sheer rock faces in seemingly unreachable terrain. — Washington Post, "Take a tour of this canyon for a less-crowded, more in-depth experience than at Mesa Verde," 14 Sep. 2019 Our colleague Riyaz Wani, who filed this report, is unreachable as communication lines—internet and cellular phones—were switched off in the state. — Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, "Kashmir descends into a witch’s brew of fear and suspense," 4 Aug. 2019 That this once seemingly unreachable plateau has become routinely reachable has less to do with Brees and Bradford than with how much the game has changed. — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, "The Rise of the NFL’s Mediocre Quarterback," 6 Sep. 2018 Reporters were sent scrambling to figure out what was happening and sources were unreachable. — NBC News, "Reporter's Notebook: President Trump's scrapped NATO press conference," 5 Dec. 2019

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“Unreachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreachable. Accessed 16 Feb. 2020.

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