unattainable
/'ʌnə'teinəbl/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Impossible to achieve or obtain: Describes something that cannot be reached, accomplished, or acquired, no matter how much effort is made.
- Beyond reach: Refers to a state, goal, or object that is so difficult or unrealistic that it is effectively out of reach.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- For many, owning a house in the city center is an unattainable dream.
- The team set an unattainable deadline, causing unnecessary stress.
- She realized that perfection was an unattainable standard.
Advanced Usage
- "to render something unattainable": to make something impossible to achieve.
- The new regulations rendered the project's original goals unattainable.
- "deemed unattainable": considered to be impossible to reach.
- The summit was once deemed unattainable by climbers.
Variants and Related Words
- Unattainability (noun): The quality or state of being impossible to achieve.
- The unattainability of the goal did not deter their efforts.
- Attainable (adjective): The direct opposite, meaning able to be achieved or reached.
Synonyms
- Inaccessible: Not able to be reached or entered.
- Unreachable: Unable to be reached or contacted; synonymous with being impossible to achieve.
- Impossible: Not able to occur, exist, or be done.
Antonyms
- Attainable: Able to be achieved or accomplished.
- Achievable: Able to be brought about or reached successfully.
- Feasible: Possible to do easily or conveniently.
Related Phrases
- Pie in the sky: An idiom describing an idea or plan that is fanciful and unattainable.
- His promises of instant wealth were just pie in the sky.
- Out of reach: A phrase meaning not accessible or unattainable.
- A luxury car is out of reach for most recent graduates.
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impossible to achieve
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an unattainable goal
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