as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
conventional wisdom had long held that the mountain's summit was inapproachable from the northern slope
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Adjective
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This land, now dotted with Russian mines, is currently inaccessible.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026 -
Legal support is inaccessible for too many.—
Darlene Mealy,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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When asked April 11 if the closer would be unavailable to pitch, after having appeared in three consecutive games for the first time, the ex-reliever did not say yes.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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High-end ordnance used up in Iran is ordnance unavailable for other contingencies, whether in Europe or the Indo-Pacific.—
Jon Duffy,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Their first meeting in 2015, a tactical Mayweather victory in one of the most lucrative bouts in boxing history, has lingered as a stubborn footnote in Pacquiao’s otherwise untouchable résumé.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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But getting to $5 billion won’t be easy, in part because the biggest portion of the city’s budget is considered untouchable.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Inapproachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inapproachable. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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