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inaccess

inaccess noun: lack of access.

Noun

inaccess (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Lack of access.
    • For example, on extraction of 100,000 barrels a day of crude oil in California, hampered by the inaccess to natural gas, where the key barrier was a 442 mile pipeline on Federal lands that our own forestry department was sitting on[…]1991, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, National Energy Strategy: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy...

Origin of inaccess

Superficially in- + access. Perhaps a back-formation from inaccessible.

Questions about inaccess

What does inaccess mean?
Inaccess means lack of access.
What part of speech is inaccess?
Inaccess is a noun.

Words near inaccess in the dictionary

  1. Inacayan
  2. inaccentuated
  3. inacceptability
  4. inacceptable
  5. inacceptably
  6. inaccess
  7. inaccessibility
  8. inaccessible
  9. Inaccessible Island
  10. Inaccessible Island rail
  11. Inaccessible Island rails

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