unattainability
- a word derived from attainable.
Example Sentences
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Angela Bassett's righteous edge in speaking about the unattainability of the white American dream in its fullness comes from a real and felt place, and you'll feel it too.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2020
This theme does not easily catch the modern fancy; after all, the roll of centuries has only emphasized the unattainability of Dion's dream.
From Time Magazine Archive
The play's structure--overlapping reminiscences and flashbacks--suggests the unattainability of objective truth and the aching burden of memory.
From Time Magazine Archive
To a woman there is no subtler flattery than a man's dumb acknowledgement of her unattainability.
From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry
Craig, eyeing his bride covertly, had a sense of her remoteness, her unattainability.
From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham
