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INACCESSIBLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does inaccessible mean?

• INACCESSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective INACCESSIBLE has 2 senses:

1. capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all
2. not capable of being obtained

Familiarity information: INACCESSIBLE used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• INACCESSIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all

Synonyms:

inaccessible; unaccessible

Similar:

outback; remote (inaccessible and sparsely populated)

deserted (remote from civilization)

pathless; roadless; trackless; untracked; untrod; untrodden (lacking pathways)

lonely; solitary; unfrequented (remote or secluded)

out of reach; unapproachable; unreachable; unreached (inaccessibly located or situated)

un-come-at-able; un-get-at-able; ungetatable (difficult to reach or attain)

Attribute:

accessibility; availability; availableness; handiness (the quality of being at hand when needed)

Antonym:

accessible (capable of being reached)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Not capable of being obtained

Synonyms:

unobtainable; unprocurable; inaccessible; untouchable

Context examples:

a rare work, today almost inaccessible / timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands / untouchable resources buried deep within the earth

Similar:

unavailable (not available or accessible or at hand)

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