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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 law, implemented in 2003, threatened a host of sanctions, including school closure, if student test scores didn't rise, but its standards were seen by many to be not just unrealistic but unattainable.
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Cory Turner, NPR, 13 May 2026
Regular, affordable houses have since become so rare that people think the only options are unattainable mega-mansions or luxury high-rise developments.
—Jason Ashmore, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Gen Z is bombarded with a plethora of advertisements for weight-loss and muscle-building supplements, coupled with images of unattainable and idealistic bodies.
—Jad Abdel Nour, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
Just a little more than a year away, however, many reports say that the plan is unattainable because city hasn't worked fast enough to ensure its shuttering in time.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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Cory Turner, NPR, 13 May 2026
Regular, affordable houses have since become so rare that people think the only options are unattainable mega-mansions or luxury high-rise developments.
—Jason Ashmore, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Gen Z is bombarded with a plethora of advertisements for weight-loss and muscle-building supplements, coupled with images of unattainable and idealistic bodies.
—Jad Abdel Nour, Hartford Courant, 4 May 2026
Just a little more than a year away, however, many reports say that the plan is unattainable because city hasn't worked fast enough to ensure its shuttering in time.
—Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattainable
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To experience the Bay Area as an adult was to explore a very different place, in a way that was entirely inaccessible as a child.—
Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Or even if they are recorded, the paperwork may be unfiled, undigitized and effectively inaccessible.—
Diane Cole,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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But in practice, solving that equation directly and exactly for a system with as many interacting electrons as FeMo-co has is often impossible.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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How long the recovery will take is impossible to know.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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According to the company, QTT enables highly secure and resilient position, navigation, and timing (PNT) services, helping maintain accurate timing and synchronization even when traditional GPS and radio-frequency signals are unavailable, degraded, or intentionally jammed.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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During those transitions, the ground station is temporarily unavailable.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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On May 18, Venus will conclude its journey through the flirtatious and thought-provoking sign of Gemini and enter the sentimental and hopeless romantic sign of Cancer.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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That reality makes the climb for promising teams like the Magic feel almost hopeless.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Some things, Murphy argues, should remain untouchable for the greater good and shouldn’t be monetized just for the sake of generating greater profit.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
27 May 2026
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However, that protection does not mean survivor benefits are untouchable in every situation.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
19 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 3 Jun. 2026.
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