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unattained

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[uhn-uh-taynd] / ˌʌn əˈteɪnd /

adjective

  1. not reached, achieved, accomplished, or attained.


Example Sentences

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Just another number, sure, but a very large one, previously unattained.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025

Beard is in his first season with the Longhorns after taking Texas Tech to previously unattained heights.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2021

That’s from a time, long ago, when there were realistic goals that went unattained.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2019

Bangladesh's success in sanitation — something so far unattained by its wealthier neighbor to the south, India — came from a dogged campaign supported by 25 percent of the country's overall development budget.

From US News • Jul. 16, 2016

And he, who had kept all the letter from his youth, was only the more vexed and haunted by the fleeting consciousness of a higher “good thing” unattained.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.

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