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Definitions for unattainable
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Princeton's WordNet
unachievable, unattainable, undoable, unrealizableadjective
impossible to achieve
"an unattainable goal"
Wiktionary
unattainableadjective
Impossible to attain or reach; inaccessible, unobtainable or unapproachable; unable to accomplish; beyond limit.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unattainableadjective
Not to be gained or obtained; being out of reach.
Praise and prayer are God’s due worship; which are unattainable by our discourse, simply considered, without the benefit of divine revelation. John Dryden, Religio Laici.
I do not expect that men should be perfectly kept from error; that is more than human nature can, by any means, be advanced to: I aim at no such unattainable privilege; I only speak of what they should do. John Locke.
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unattainable
Unattainable refers to something that cannot be achieved, accomplished, or obtained. This could be due to various reasons such as practical impossibilities, physical limits, lack of required resources, or constraints imposed by laws, rules, or circumstances.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unattainable
un-a-tān′a-bl, adj. beyond one's reach.—n. Unattain′ableness.—adv. Unattain′ably.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unattainable in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unattainable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of unattainable in a Sentence
An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake it free.
Is yours an honest lament?...Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights.
Aerie hit it right at a time when people were tiring of what Victoria's Secret and PINK were portraying as overtly sexy and really unattainable beauty standards.
Happiness, I decided years ago, is unattainable and I don’t wish to seek it through the usual methods. Peace is a reflection of our souls, leaving me a non-entity. I cry because people want to feel and I join them in their fears and private agonies and I wish for death and pray for life and hope to God that God even gives a shit and before I die and receive my judgment I just want to help 1 person FEEL, to know what it is to be alive and to ease their suffering as only a tormented soul can.
The history of the Victorian Age will never be written we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.
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- nedostupný, nedosažitelnýCzech
- UopnåligDanish
- unerreichbarGerman
- ανέφικτοςGreek
- incapturableSpanish
- غیرقابل دسترس استPersian
- saavuttamatonFinnish
- inaccessibleFrench
- elérhetetlenHungarian
- irraggiungibileItalian
- בלתי ניתן להשגהHebrew
- inconprehensibiliaLatin
- uoppnåeligNorwegian
- irealizabilRomanian
- недостижимый, недоступныйRussian
- ouppnåeligSwedish
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