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inapproachable

[ in-uh-proh-chuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. without rival.


inapproachable

/ ˌɪnəˈprəʊtʃəbəl /

adjective

  1. not accessible; unapproachable; unfriendly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌinapˈproachably, adverb
  • ˌinapˌproachaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • inap·proacha·bili·ty noun
  • inap·proacha·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inapproachable1

First recorded in 1820–30; in- 3 + approachable
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Example Sentences

For sustained intensity and graphic description Marion Crawford's new novel is inapproachable in the field of recent fiction.

Mr. Holmes was a cheerful companion at first, but gradually he grew melancholy, and at times inapproachable.

Did the connection of God with his works terminate in an event which belongs to the inapproachable past?

To the rest of his court as well as to his people, the Mikado remains an invisible, dumb, and inapproachable divinity.

Terrible was the punishment of their sacrilege in thus approaching the inapproachable.

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