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unattainableness

American  
[uhn-uh-tayn-uh-buhl-nis] / ˌʌn əˈteɪn ə bəl nɪs /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being unattainable.


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Their glamorous aura of unattainableness makes them idols to millions of Japanese fans.

From Time Magazine Archive

I do not see that however the unattainableness of the model may be demonstrated, that has anything to do with the duty of imitation.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren

Then let me remind you that the unattainableness is by no means so demonstrable as some people seem to think.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren

And only after the power of my reason, laboring over the unattainableness of my ideal, broke and relaxed, did I give myself over to a stream of thoughts.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke

Is Olivia's unattainableness the main source of her desirableness for him?

From Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies by Charlotte Endymion Porter

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