unobtainable
adjective
un·ob·tain·able
ˌən-əb-ˈtā-nə-bəl 
-äb-
: not capable of being obtained : not available : not obtainable
an unobtainable objective
a gem so rare as to be virtually unobtainable
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Examples of unobtainable in a Sentence
that information is unobtainable as long as my computer is down
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The house, the cars, and the security that seemed so unobtainable back then have come through work and time.
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Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
Modern-day computers, subject to the Von Neumann bottleneck, are primarily composed of series circuits, so a comparable level of information processing is unobtainable.
—Lindsey Laughlin, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024
That will require the Russians to accept a defeat but also require the Ukrainians to accept that complete victory may be unobtainable.
—Vladislav Zubok, Foreign Affairs, 21 Dec. 2022
It was tested in 2013, but Hill ruled that technological advances for even smaller pieces of DNA may yield previously unobtainable results.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
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Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
Modern-day computers, subject to the Von Neumann bottleneck, are primarily composed of series circuits, so a comparable level of information processing is unobtainable.
—Lindsey Laughlin, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024
That will require the Russians to accept a defeat but also require the Ukrainians to accept that complete victory may be unobtainable.
—Vladislav Zubok, Foreign Affairs, 21 Dec. 2022
It was tested in 2013, but Hill ruled that technological advances for even smaller pieces of DNA may yield previously unobtainable results.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
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“Unobtainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unobtainable. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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