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unattainable

Syllables: un·at·tain·a·ble/ˌʌnəˈteɪnəbəl/

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Australia/ˌɐnəˈtæɪnəbəl/

unattainable adjective: impossible to attain or reach; unable to accomplish.

Adjective

unattainable (comparative more unattainable, superlative most unattainable)

  1. Impossible to attain or reach; unable to accomplish
    • Efficiency for the sake of efficiency, unchallenged authority conferred upon those who know well a few things and ignore everything else, disdain for the ordinary and humble elements that introduce happiness in our lives, worship of unattainable utopiae, are some of the features of the scheme which...1974, The Chesterton Review, page 262
    Antonyms:
    attainable

Noun

unattainable (plural unattainables)

  1. Anything that cannot be attained.

unattainable meaning in Urdu and Sanskrit

unattainable in Urdu

ناقابل حصول, رسائی نا پذیر

unattainable in Sanskrit

unattainable or hard to attain; inaccessible or hard access
दूणश dūṇáśa
unattainable
अगम्य agamya

Synonyms of unattainable

Antonyms

Forms of unattainable

Adjective
comparativemore unattainable
superlativemost unattainable
Noun
pluralunattainables

Origin of unattainable

From un- + attain + -able.

Words formed from unattainable

Questions about unattainable

What does unattainable mean?
Unattainable means impossible to attain or reach; unable to accomplish.
What is unattainable in Urdu?
Unattainable in Urdu is ناقابل حصول, رسائی نا پذیر. See Unattainable meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is unattainable?
Unattainable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce unattainable?
Unattainable is pronounced /ˌʌnəˈteɪnəbəl/ (UK).

Words near unattainable in the dictionary

  1. unattackability
  2. unattackable
  3. unattackably
  4. unattacked
  5. unattainability
  6. unattainable
  7. unattainableness
  8. unattainables
  9. unattainably
  10. unattained
  11. unattaining

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unattainable (page history and authors); unattainable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अगम्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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