attempt
verb (used with object)
to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek.
unattemptable
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a word derived from
attempt.
Example Sentences
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Hopes there were of getting back Dresden itself; but that, on closer view, proved unattemptable.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
