inapproachable

[ in-uh-proh-chuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not approachable.
2. without rival.

inapproachable

/ ˌɪnəˈprəʊtʃəbəl /

adjective

1. not accessible; unapproachable; unfriendly

Derived Forms

• ˌinapˈproachably, adverb
• ˌinapˌproachaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• inap·proacha·bili·ty noun
• inap·proacha·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inapproachable¹

First recorded in 1820–30; in- ³ + approachable

Example Sentences

For sustained intensity and graphic description Marion Crawford's new novel is inapproachable in the field of recent fiction.

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Mr. Holmes was a cheerful companion at first, but gradually he grew melancholy, and at times inapproachable.

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Did the connection of God with his works terminate in an event which belongs to the inapproachable past?

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To the rest of his court as well as to his people, the Mikado remains an invisible, dumb, and inapproachable divinity.

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Terrible was the punishment of their sacrilege in thus approaching the inapproachable.

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