unapproachable

[ uhn-uh-proh-chuh-buhl ]

/ ˌʌn əˈproʊ tʃə bəl /

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adjective

not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.

impossible to equal or rival: unapproachable mastery of her art.

OTHER WORDS FOR unapproachable

1 inaccessible, aloof, distant, austere, cold.

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Origin of unapproachable

First recorded in 1575–85; un-¹ + approachable

OTHER WORDS FROM unapproachable

un·ap·proach·a·bil·i·ty, un·ap·proach·a·ble·ness, nounun·ap·proach·a·bly, adverb

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unapologetically, unappealable, unappealing, unappetizing, unappreciated, unapproachable, unappropriated, unapproved, unapt, unarguable, unargued

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How to use unapproachable in a sentence

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The reason you don’t see it in stores is that it’s so unapproachable because it has to be dried in order to be shelf-stable.
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These have subsequently proved unapproachable by other athletes.
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He had met her before on other occasions, but she had seemed to him unapproachable until that day.
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There are many gradations of dirt and various degrees of saturation from salt water, but this combination is unapproachable.
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Steam and electricity opened to industry the interior of continents previously regarded as unapproachable.
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Silent, enduring, wrapped in memories, it stood gray and unapproachable.
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He would get working at the forge, he said, and ruin his hands for the delicate art in which he was now unapproachable.
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British Dictionary definitions for unapproachable

unapproachable

/ (ˌʌnəˈprəʊtʃəbəl) /

adjective

discouraging intimacy, friendliness, etc; aloof

inaccessible

not to be rivalled

Derived forms of unapproachable

unapproachableness, noununapproachably, adverb

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