inapproachable

[ in-uh-proh-chuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not approachable.
2. without rival.

inapproachable

/ ˌɪnəˈprəʊtʃəbəl /

adjective

1. not accessible; unapproachable; unfriendly

Derived Forms

• ˌinapˈproachably, adverb
• ˌinapˌproachaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• inap·proacha·bili·ty noun
• inap·proacha·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inapproachable¹

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

Example Sentences

She also described the Harry Potter author as being inapproachable and said she was not to be disturbed while writing.

From BBC

“I like to think we have something for everyone who’s willing to look under the rock of commercialism. We want to make it eye-opening without ever being inapproachable.”

From Los Angeles Times

Old Weston is an out-of-the-way village in the county, and until within a few years was almost inapproachable by carriages in winter; but in what the point of the remark lies, I do not know.

From Project Gutenberg

How many blossoms of beautiful emotions has Goethe plucked, as it were, in passing by; to how many women's hearts did his wanderings bring death, like the approach of the inapproachable.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, then, they lie, within sound of the cannonade, as if the battle were not yet over for them, these dear comrades of ours who have vanished, heroes humble yet sublime—inapproachable for the present, even for those who weep for them, inapproachable, because death never ceases to fly through the air which stirs overhead, above their little silent gatherings.

From Project Gutenberg