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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

One of the means of consoling himself for the unattainableness of his wishes is the belief in miracles.

From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely

For to its other attractions the prospect added that of impossibility, of unattainableness.

From The Mountains by White, Stewart Edward

Then he had that strong vein of prudence and caution, which, in view of Mary's unattainableness, would probably come to his help.

From When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth by Major, Charles

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 Maclaren, Alexander