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unnearable

unnearable adjective: impossible to come near; unapproachable.

Adjective

unnearable (comparative more unnearable, superlative most unnearable)

  1. Impossible to come near; unapproachable.
    • [...] that unnearable spout was cast by one selfsame whale...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter LI, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of unnearable

comparativemore unnearable
superlativemost unnearable

Origin of unnearable

From un- + near + -able.

Questions about unnearable

What does unnearable mean?
Unnearable means impossible to come near; unapproachable.
What part of speech is unnearable?
Unnearable is an adjective.

Words near unnearable in the dictionary

  1. unnavigableness
  2. unnavigably
  3. unnavigatable
  4. unnavigated
  5. unnear
  6. unnearable
  7. unneared
  8. unneat
  9. unneatened
  10. unneatly
  11. unneatness

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