as in unavailable
hard or impossible to get to or get at
that information is unobtainable as long as my computer is down
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Recent Examples of unobtainable
However, ambiguities in the law and the complexities of implementing a program made that date unobtainable.
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Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Technological advances since the mid-1970s, including acoustic and satellite telemetry, inexpensive underwater cameras, and aerial and underwater drones, have given us insights into the biology, ecology, and behavior of sharks that were previously unobtainable.
—Hans Walters, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Donizetti’s popular 1832 comedy is the story of a poor Italian villager named Nemorino who’s in love with the beautiful but unobtainable woman named Adina.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
But during photography’s earlier periods, when cameras looked like boxes and accordions, the process of making pictures was much more involved than a single touch to a screen—and often relatively unobtainable for average people.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
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Jon McGowan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Technological advances since the mid-1970s, including acoustic and satellite telemetry, inexpensive underwater cameras, and aerial and underwater drones, have given us insights into the biology, ecology, and behavior of sharks that were previously unobtainable.
—Hans Walters, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
Donizetti’s popular 1832 comedy is the story of a poor Italian villager named Nemorino who’s in love with the beautiful but unobtainable woman named Adina.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
But during photography’s earlier periods, when cameras looked like boxes and accordions, the process of making pictures was much more involved than a single touch to a screen—and often relatively unobtainable for average people.
—Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unobtainable
Adjective
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With Sacramento completing a back-to-back and Dallas beginning one, the teams had lengthy unavailable lists.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Providers primarily provide expertise, organization, documentation preparation and communication assistance, and do not have access to any special programs unavailable to individuals.—
Deane Biermeier,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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These payloads allow real-time data collection and transmission in environments that may be inaccessible to conventional drones or ground robots.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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It's now safely tucked inside the VAB's High Bay 3, where engineers will begin work to address issues on the rocket's upper stage, in an area inaccessible out at the pad.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Unobtainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unobtainable. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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