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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Another one hasn’t been able to return to his home since the incident because his injuries make his home inaccessible to him.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Feb. 2026 -
Why do electric bikes have to be grossly expensive and overly inaccessible?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The fact that three members of their regular defensive unit — who had helped Forest to keep 13 clean sheets last season — were unavailable did not help their cause.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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When Vangelis, too, was unavailable, Puttnam turned to Casablanca Records head Neil Bogart for help; Casablanca’s film division was behind the production of the movie.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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With health care accounting for nearly 30% of the federal budget (and other categories such as Social Security and defense politically untouchable), medical spending became one of the few remaining fiscal levers.—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
30 Jan. 2026
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Sacramento Kings Not a single member of the Kings should be untouchable.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Inapproachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapproachable. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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