as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
bothered by an unreachable itch on her back
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Recent Examples of unreachable
From a Colombian developer leading a Silicon Valley startup team to a Filipino nurse supporting Australian telehealth services, Outsourced provides a pathway to opportunities once deemed unreachable.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Eight skiers lay dead on a Sierra mountainside Wednesday, their bodies unreachable by rescuers, a day after a powerful avalanche tore through backcountry terrain near Donner Pass.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Your comfort zone could seem basically unreachable as expectations shift.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2026
One is reminded of the way a house is viewed from a moving car—vividly clear yet entirely unreachable.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Eight skiers lay dead on a Sierra mountainside Wednesday, their bodies unreachable by rescuers, a day after a powerful avalanche tore through backcountry terrain near Donner Pass.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
Your comfort zone could seem basically unreachable as expectations shift.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2026
One is reminded of the way a house is viewed from a moving car—vividly clear yet entirely unreachable.
—Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreachable
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The images taken from space have provided evidence for investigations into widespread destruction, population movements, and even massacres, especially in places that are remote or inaccessible due to fighting on the ground.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Because Iran is inaccessible to many journalists, readers must be especially careful about reporting purporting to know or show what is going on inside Iran.—
Andrea Hickerson,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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After being listed as questionable with a hamstring, Jaedyn Shaw was unavailable for Gotham.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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With Porzingis joining Horford and Quinten Post as unavailable big men, the Warriors’ front line consisted of Draymond Green, 10-day contract center Omer Yurtseven and two-way contract Malevy Leons.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Unreachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreachable. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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