inaccessible
adjective
in·ac·ces·si·ble
ˌi-nik-ˈse-sə-bəl 
(ˌ)i-ˌnak-
: not accessible
an inaccessible area
an inaccessible goal
Synonyms
Examples of inaccessible in a Sentence
The area is inaccessible by road.
His prose is inaccessible to many readers.
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In the past, that information might have been in the local library, but unless a homebuyer knew where to look and what to look for, knowledge about disaster risk was effectively inaccessible.
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Daryl Fairweather, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
State biologists in California have also been seeing salmon in creeks that had been inaccessible since dams were built decades ago and blocked fish from reaching their spawning areas.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
That condition renders those areas virtually inaccessible.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
This distance, caused in large part by the Israeli military’s efforts to keep the press out of Gaza, has made the absolute terror of ordinary Palestinians inaccessible to most Israelis—a fact that haunts any reporting on the aftermath of October 7th.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
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Daryl Fairweather, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
State biologists in California have also been seeing salmon in creeks that had been inaccessible since dams were built decades ago and blocked fish from reaching their spawning areas.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
That condition renders those areas virtually inaccessible.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
This distance, caused in large part by the Israeli military’s efforts to keep the press out of Gaza, has made the absolute terror of ordinary Palestinians inaccessible to most Israelis—a fact that haunts any reporting on the aftermath of October 7th.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
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inaccessible
adjective
in·ac·ces·si·ble
ˌin-ik-ˈses-ə-bəl
(ˌ)in-ˌak-
: not accessible
an inaccessible area
an inaccessible goal
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