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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
But that goal will be difficult—verging on unattainable—and would likely require a lengthy military commitment.
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Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
While the world continues to push unattainable beauty standards into every aspect of our lives, women of all ages are quietly protesting the status quo by starting a revolution that embraces aging and natural beauty rather than rejecting them.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
For example, a superstar playing card from the ultra-rare Topps Dice Game (fashioned after Strat-O-Matic, and released in 1963, though it’s officially labeled 1961 by trading card grader PSA) is virtually unattainable.
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Beyond this collection, Palmer also has a broader commitment to making wellness feel accessible, rather than aspirational or unattainable.
—Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
While the world continues to push unattainable beauty standards into every aspect of our lives, women of all ages are quietly protesting the status quo by starting a revolution that embraces aging and natural beauty rather than rejecting them.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
For example, a superstar playing card from the ultra-rare Topps Dice Game (fashioned after Strat-O-Matic, and released in 1963, though it’s officially labeled 1961 by trading card grader PSA) is virtually unattainable.
—Michael Salfino, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Beyond this collection, Palmer also has a broader commitment to making wellness feel accessible, rather than aspirational or unattainable.
—Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unattainable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattainable
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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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The 2023 Lahaina fire made the issue impossible to ignore.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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That’s something that the broader AI industry has so far struggled to do, partly because LLMs are typically trained on vast, messy datasets scraped from across the internet, where ownership, consent and individual contributions from millions of sources are nearly impossible to track.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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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In the wild, these mutants are hopeless, failing to send offspring into the world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Neglecting himself to worship a projection, Narcissus isn’t so much struck down by the gods as he is lost to hopeless delusion.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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Yet Carlton — whose family wielded influence in Tulsa — seemed untouchable.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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What mattered more than his terseness was that Norris was allowed to land a few meaningful blows against the usually untouchable Lee, who stars as Tang Lung, a fighter summoned to defend a restaurant owner menaced by a crime boss.—
Chris Klimek,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 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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In his case, the beloved was the unobtainable Beatrice Portinari, a wealthy banker’s daughter whom Dante claimed to have loved from their first meeting, when both were children—a bit of charming self-mythology—and steadily on until her untimely death, at twenty-four.—
Claudia Roth Pierpont,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Unattainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattainable. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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