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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Investors in Southeast Asia and Latin America where traditional brokers remain expensive or inaccessible.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025 -
In addition to the driftwood, ancient beaver tracks have been found in areas that would be inaccessible to the water-dwelling animals today, further supporting the idea that a paleolake once existed in the area.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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Neither officer’s injuries appeared to be life threatening, though both cops required surgery and remain unavailable for service.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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When combined with the hinged center column, the user gets access to a full range of smooth and micro-incremental camera movements that feel like a slider and are unavailable with traditional tripod designs.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But here’s what this at-bat told me: Miller has been widely acclaimed as the hardest thrower in baseball with pitches consistently exceeding 100 mph and was largely thought to be an untouchable for the Athletics.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
9 Aug. 2025
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Topics that were politically untouchable a decade ago are now freely debated.—
Anthony Trotter,
ABC News,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Inapproachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapproachable. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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