inapproachable
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of inapproachable
First recorded in 1820–30; in- 3 + approachable
Example Sentences
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Coleridge was aware that Voltaire, in common with every Frenchman until the present generation, held it as a point of faith that the French drama was inapproachable in excellence.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
Had he the swiftness of the lion or tiger, his haunts would be inapproachable by man, and he would be a far more terrible assailant than either.
From Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography by Clark Johnson M.D.
You fulfil your duties here, you care and labor as hundreds would not do in your place; but here you act the mistress, inapproachable, untouched by all the common things of life.
From A Sister's Love A Novel by W. Heimburg
How many blossoms of beautiful emotions has Goethe plucked, as it were, in passing by; to how many women's hearts did his wanderings bring death, like the approach of the inapproachable.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
If you hear that he is bold and fearless, that is true; and if you are told that he is shy and wary and inapproachable, that is also true.
From Wilderness Ways by Charles Copeland
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