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Definitions for inaccessible
ˌɪn əkˈsɛs ə bəlin·ac·ces·si·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inaccessible, unaccessibleadjective

    capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all

  2. inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchableadjective

    not capable of being obtained

    "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"

Wiktionary

  1. inaccessibleadjective

    not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient

  2. inaccessibleadjective

    not able to be reached; unattainable

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inaccessibleadjective

    Not to be reached; not to be approached.

    Etymology: inaccessible, Fr. in and accessible.

    Whate'er you are,
    That in this desart inaccessible,
    Under the shade of melancholy boughs,
    Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time. William Shakespeare.

    Many other hidden parts of nature, even of a far lower form, are inaccessible to us. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

    There shall we clearly see the ends and uses of these things, which here were either too subtile for us to penetrate, or too remote and inaccessible for us to come to any distinct view of. John Ray, on the Creation.

    This part, which is so noble, is not altogether inaccessible; and that an easy way may be found to it, 'tis to consider nature and to copy her. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. inaccessible

    Inaccessible Island is a volcanic island located in the South Atlantic Ocean, 31 km (19 mi) south-west of Tristan da Cunha. Its highest point, Cairn Peak, reaches 449 m (1,473 ft), and the island is 12.65 km2 (4.88 sq mi) in area. The volcano was last active six million years ago and is currently extinct. Inaccessible Island is part of the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha, which is part of the overseas territory of the United Kingdom known as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Tristan da Cunha itself is accessible only by sea via a seven-day voyage from Cape Town, South Africa, and the harbour on Inaccessible Island allows access for only a few days of the year. Access to the island must be granted by the local government office.

ChatGPT

  1. inaccessible

    Inaccessible refers to something that cannot be reached, used, seen, or understood. This could be a physical location that is difficult or impossible to reach due to natural barriers or lack of resources, or could refer to abstract concepts or knowledge that are too complex or obscure to be easily understood. In general, it denotes a state of being unreachable or unattainable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inaccessibleadjective

    not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached; as, an inaccessible rock, fortress, document, prince, etc

  2. Etymology: [L. inaccessibilis: cf. F. inaccessible. See In- not, and Accessible.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inaccessible

    in-ak-ses′i-bl, adj. not to be reached, obtained, or approached.—ns. Inaccess′ibility, Inaccess′ibleness.—adv. Inaccess′ibly.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. inaccessible

    A general term for any distance or height which cannot be approached for any military purposes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inaccessible in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inaccessible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of inaccessible in a Sentence

  1. Olga Akselrod:

    These technologies may be inaccessible for precisely the people for whom access to unemployment insurance is the most critical.

  2. Mohamed Hassan:

    Not only are families losing their remaining livestock, but the heavy rain is making the roads inaccessible, roads are turning into raging rivers and trucks carrying food assistance are unable to reach many communities.

  3. Charles Matz:

    We're interested in providing virtual walk-throughs or access to works of art without having to actually visit the space, so, for example, many of these World Heritage Sites are inaccessible or very hard to get to. We're interested in recording them and making them available as public domain so people can experience what these places are like on the computer.

  4. Charles Matz:

    So, for example, many of these World Heritage Sites are inaccessible or very hard to get to. We're interested in recording them and making them available as public domain so people can experience what these places are like on the computer.

  5. Rob Binns:

    We're going to be able to reduce the cost of transportation to remote projects around the world and open up projects that were previously thought inaccessible.

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