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as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
an eagle's nest in an unattainable location
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as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
unfortunately, world peace is probably an unattainable ideal
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Recent Examples of unattainable
Her central booking agent is now EYOS, an expedition agency that organizes the sublime and the unattainable for a billionaire elite, from heliskiing in Greenland to longlining from a chopper into virgin Colombian jungle.
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
The structural complexity of these single-atom-thick cylinders was previously believed to be unattainable through spontaneous natural phenomena.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
With housing prices and the cost of living skyrocketing, homeownership feels increasingly unattainable for most people.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026
Just as Hedayat’s narrator tries to preserve the fleeting presence of the ethereal woman through an image, Golshiri’s protagonist has spent a lifetime writing this unattainable woman into his fiction to keep her alive.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
The structural complexity of these single-atom-thick cylinders was previously believed to be unattainable through spontaneous natural phenomena.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
With housing prices and the cost of living skyrocketing, homeownership feels increasingly unattainable for most people.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026
Just as Hedayat’s narrator tries to preserve the fleeting presence of the ethereal woman through an image, Golshiri’s protagonist has spent a lifetime writing this unattainable woman into his fiction to keep her alive.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattainable
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The border region, where militant groups such as Al Qaeda and Islamic State are also active, is largely inaccessible to the media and the Associated Press could not independently verify the conflicting claims.—
Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The border region, where militant such as al-Qaida and the Islamic State are also active, is largely inaccessible to the media and The Associated Press could not independently verify the conflicting claims.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Bottega Veneta’s Maxi Veneta bag and those impossible-to-find Jacquemus x Nike Moon shoes give it serious street style cred—reminding us to always incorporate statement accessories amongst everyday essentials.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2026
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However, what Meta fails to explain is that using the devices’ core AI features without authorizing human contractors in Kenya to watch the resulting footage is impossible.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Applying too much of any single nutrient, including magnesium from Epsom salts, can make other nutrients unavailable to the plant.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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With Terry Rozier obviously unavailable – and Keshad Johnson and Jahmir Young remaining with the Heat’s G-League team – Miami used nine of its 11 available players.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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In a legal career that spanned more than four decades, Rosenbaum took on some of South Florida’s toughest, most hopeless cases.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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Every two years, would-be governors, senators, lawmakers, political newcomers and hopeless hopefuls snake through the second floor of the Capitol, taking a very public step toward power.—
Greg Bluestein,
AJC.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Nothing is treated as untouchable.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2026
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At the news conference announcing Carroll’s firing, Spytek was asked if the team considers Crosby untouchable in trade talks.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Prices are inflated in January and, as Everton found, many top targets are often unobtainable.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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In his case, the beloved was the unobtainable Beatrice Portinari, a wealthy banker’s daughter whom Dante claimed to have loved from their first meeting, when both were children—a bit of charming self-mythology—and steadily on until her untimely death, at twenty-four.—
Claudia Roth Pierpont,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Unattainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattainable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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