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unachievable

  • a word derived from achieve.
    achieve
    verb (used with object)
    to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish.

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Carmakers had argued that the original 2035 target for zero emissions was unachievable because of a slower-than-expected uptake of EVs among consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

"You only have to walk through the streets of our densely built borough to see how unachievable it would be to build 5,107 homes a year here; this borough is only 4.5 miles squared."

From BBC Jan. 9, 2025

Experts told ABC News that "it's unrealistic, unaffordable and unachievable."

From Salon Dec. 23, 2024

The current deadline of having all 149 leak-prone single-shell tanks emptied by 2040 is unachievable.

From Seattle Times Apr. 30, 2024

A very long hitting streak in baseball is a particularly amazing sort of record, so unlikely as to seem virtually unachievable and almost immune to probabilistic prediction.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos