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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
The solutions to this crisis are not unattainable.
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John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Today, compromise can seem unattainable.
—Karen Schlatter, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
In the case of a sacrosanct, seemingly unattainable number like Kobe’s 81, chasing a stat doesn’t feel so different from chasing a ring.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
But that goal will be difficult—verging on unattainable—and would likely require a lengthy military commitment.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
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John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Today, compromise can seem unattainable.
—Karen Schlatter, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
In the case of a sacrosanct, seemingly unattainable number like Kobe’s 81, chasing a stat doesn’t feel so different from chasing a ring.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
But that goal will be difficult—verging on unattainable—and would likely require a lengthy military commitment.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattainable
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By the time the mission ended with a crash-landing in January 2024, Ingenuity had shown scientists a new way to explore other worlds, using air to travel longer distances and reach locations inaccessible to ground vehicles.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Capricor says the companies also created a pricing structure that could make the treatment financially inaccessible for many patients.—
Meghana Keshavan,
STAT,
8 May 2026
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The message was impossible to miss.—
Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Predictions are sometimes simply impossible to make, Velíz writes, which doesn’t stop people from trying to make them.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Northwestern University in Evanston, which also uses Canvas, stated in an online post that some access to the system was available, while other parts remained unavailable.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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However, as of Thursday, Canvas remained unavailable for students and staff at UC Davis, Sacramento State, the Los Rios Community College District campuses and several other institutions across the nation.—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
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To Some New Island Guests With a competitive streak a mile wide, Penny (Roorbach) is charming, popular, and a hopeless romantic – for now, anyway.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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This behavior has become epidemic in our voyeuristic and hopeless society.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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Jonathan Anderson took the brand’s delicate, almost untouchable feminine aesthetic and added a touch of irony.—
Marilú Almaguer,
Glamour,
4 May 2026
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That failure, however, was the end of the window for the state to get to Wachsmann, a Wake Forest commit with a triple-digit fastball who has been almost untouchable in the two years since.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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There is Tamara, a city where signs symbolize unobtainable meanings.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 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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“Unattainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattainable. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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