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as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
an eagle's nest in an unattainable location
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as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
unfortunately, world peace is probably an unattainable ideal
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Recent Examples of unattainable
But the aspirational culture of the 21st century tends to mean a certain unattainable proxy dream thing.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, reality shows and influencer culture celebrate excessive spending, creating aspirational lifestyles that are unattainable for most yet deeply desired.
—Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
And yet, for the vast majority, green lifestyles are unattainable.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Fans began speculating in the past week after paparazzi photos of Johnson and the others on set continually leaked — including one showing Johnson covered in Maui’s signature tattoos and sporting a shoulder-to-waist ratio that seemed extremely unattainable even for the former professional wrestler.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2024
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, reality shows and influencer culture celebrate excessive spending, creating aspirational lifestyles that are unattainable for most yet deeply desired.
—Dr. Mara Einstein, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
And yet, for the vast majority, green lifestyles are unattainable.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Fans began speculating in the past week after paparazzi photos of Johnson and the others on set continually leaked — including one showing Johnson covered in Maui’s signature tattoos and sporting a shoulder-to-waist ratio that seemed extremely unattainable even for the former professional wrestler.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2024
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Parts of the islands, which were struck by Cyclone Chido over the weekend with winds of more than 124 mph, remained inaccessible to rescue workers on Monday, said French civil security spokesperson Alexandre Jouassard.Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Since the civil war erupted in 2011, Syria has been largely inaccessible to journalists, with the Assad government imposing strict media restrictions and ongoing violence making reporting dangerous.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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The fish experiment did convince him, and other researchers, that a human brain microbiome is not impossible.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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This naïve notion, backed by some supporters of the incoming administration, would reduce U.S. involvement in the war to a minimum, forcing Europe to provide all remaining support, a near impossible feat.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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Casual dining Data is unavailable Please contact cnbc support to provide details about what went wrong Traffic to casual-dining restaurants has fallen 2% year-to-date through October, according to Circana data.Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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When certain items were unavailable the model chose suitable replacements based on its own knowledge about cooking.Will Knight, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
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By that point, most American passengers had reached a point of hopeless exhaustion.Opheli Garcia Lawlor, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
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Eugene is able to carry on after his romance with Lee, while Lee is confined to a life of falling into the same miserable cycles of loneliness and addiction, a feeling manifested by the snake shedding a hopeless tear.Barry Levitt, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Analysing Forest's midfield options Are Real Madrid untouchable?New York Times, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2024
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Los Muchachos were thought to be untouchable by most everyone, including U.S. law enforcement.T.J. English, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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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
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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 22 Dec. 2024.
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