INAPPROACHABLE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

inapproachable

adjective

ˌi-nə-ˈprō-chə-bəl

Definition of inapproachable

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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First responders still have to actively clear all the homes and a Blackhawk helicopter is now flying overhead to see if any more people need to be rescued, with parts of the city still inaccessible, Earley said.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Brevard Supervisor of Elections Tim Bobanic was hopeful the waters would recede by Tuesday, but was still looking for alternative polling places if the original sites were inaccessible.

— CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of inaccessible

Adjective

Meanwhile, alternative suppliers would need sufficient production capacity to compensate if primary sources became unavailable.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
People, information, data, know-how, infrastructure, suppliers and technology are suddenly unavailable or badly degraded.

— Bojan Ilic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of unavailable

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Now, the Serbian public is waiting to hear what will come out of a review into some of the longstanding probes after the student movement promised there will no longer be untouchable officials.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Now, the Serbian public is waiting to hear what will come out of a review into some of the long-standing probes after the student movement promised there will no longer be untouchable officials.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of untouchable

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