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Recent Examples of unattainable This approach provides a pathway to higher education without the fear of overwhelming debt, especially in fields where traditional loans are often unattainable. Will Fan, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 But the top three were simply unattainable — as the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and New England Patriots refused to trade down and miss out on Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye. Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024 Disengagement from an unattainable goal is not a sign of failure, but a sophisticated form of adaptive behavior. Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 Political sorting has hurt Democrats in the Senate For decades, Democratic candidates for Senate in many rural states performed far better than those states' presidential partisanship, enabling the party to win large majorities unattainable with blue states alone. G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unattainable 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattainable
Adjective
  • A week after flames damaged the restaurant and destroyed huge swaths of the oceanside area, Gladstones remained shuttered and inaccessible to the public as the Palisades fire continued to rage.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Internet service providers will also be required to make the app inaccessible to U.S. internet browsers.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Playing a hyper-aggressive brand of tennis for three sets would be nigh impossible, especially against the master of the art.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • By 2026, the limits of Russia’s economic model will be impossible to ignore.
    Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And consumers seem to have a strong interest in in-store pickup options; according to Locally data, nearly half of e-commerce shoppers abandoned their carts if local pickup was unavailable during the 2024 holiday season.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Which is why then-Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe kept Domi on Matthews’ right wing (instead of Marner) when the playoffs began (before again moving Domi back to the middle when Matthews was unavailable due to injury).
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Limit Media Exposure Without Putting Your Head in the Sand Staying informed is essential for leaders, but constantly consuming the news can leave you feeling overwhelmed and hopeless.
    Amy Blankson, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Collette plays Muriel, who escapes from her hopeless life via her devoted fandom to the Swedish supergroup.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The beautiful Palisades home my mother cared for most of her life had always been untouchable in my mind’s eye.
    Yesika Salgado, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Their overconfidence led to underestimating systemic risks, believing their models were untouchable.
    Mark Kane, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The house, the cars, and the security that seemed so unobtainable back then have come through work and time.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Modern-day computers, subject to the Von Neumann bottleneck, are primarily composed of series circuits, so a comparable level of information processing is unobtainable.
    Lindsey Laughlin, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024

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“Unattainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattainable. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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