unobtainable
adjective
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unobtainable
Synonyms
inaccessible, inapproachable, inconvenient, unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, unreachable, untouchable
Antonyms
accessible, acquirable, approachable, attainable, convenient, getatable, handy, obtainable, procurable, reachable
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The push-and-pull between Yanis and everyone else, including his own boss, occupies most of the movie, growing increasingly Kafkaesque as a real solution appears just around the corner and then suddenly becomes unobtainable. — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Adults in the Room': Film Review | Venice 2019," 31 Aug. 2019 After sodium thiopental became unobtainable, states began experimenting with alternatives. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "We Are All Executioners Now," 25 July 2019 Certain motifs on some of the objects are not Egyptian, and the presence of silverâunobtainable in Egyptâsuggests extensive trade with Greece or kingdoms in Anatolia. — Irene CordĂłn, National Geographic, "How Egyptâs ancient city of divine cats was rediscovered," 7 May 2019 But for now, humans will be necessary to integrate this knowledge into useful chemistry, recognizing when deploying any new or efficient reactions may make a previously inefficient process or unobtainable product easier to work with. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "AI plus a chemistry robot finds all the reactions that will work," 18 July 2018 But using leverage to gain something that otherwise would be unobtainable is not uncommon. — Dan Walters, SFChronicle.com, "Genteel extortion cancels 3 California ballot measures," 3 July 2018 But like those two widely respected men, Adams, even at 70, is forever seeking unobtainable perfection, forever teaching. — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, "Former Bulls assistant Ron Adams is the 'truth teller' on Steve Kerr's Warriors staff," 2 June 2018 Ruthâs record seemed more unobtainable with each strikeout and pop-up. — Edward Kosner, WSJ, "âA Season in the Sunâ Review: Those Werenât the Days," 12 Apr. 2018 Taken as a whole, Honda's Civic Type R is a giant middle finger to the unobtainable Ferraris and Lamborghinis of the world. — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, "America finally gets Hondaâs best: The 2018 Civic Type R," 22 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unobtainable.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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