unobtainable
unobtainable adjective: unable to be obtained: not able to be acquired or reached.
Adjective
unobtainable (comparative more unobtainable, superlative most unobtainable)
- Unable to be obtained: not able to be acquired or reached.
- With secondhand bullhead rail almost unobtainable, the NYMR has been forced to go for new flat-bottom rail and orders are being placed; 58 fb rails are already en route to the railway.1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412
- Common Goal’s grand ambition is to reach a position where 1% of football’s entire multibillion dollar industry is donated to charity. It might seem an impossible dream – just as a young boy’s fantasy of becoming a top footballer almost always seems unobtainable. But Mata was one of those who...2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian
- Synonyms:
- unattainable, ungettable, unprocurable
Noun
unobtainable (plural unobtainables)
- Someone or something that cannot be obtained.
- On the whole they are at present fairly cheap, and are not overburdened with long priced stamps, and still fewer unobtainables.1896, The American Journal of Philately, volume 9, page 294
- Refusals, or unobtainables, are difficult to predict, but seem to be affected by the nature of the respondent, the sponsorship of the study, and the nature of the questions. Some refusals are definite and final […]1975, Gerald Zaltman, Philip Burger, Marketing research: fundamentals and dynamics, page 293
unobtainable meaning in Tamil and Punjabi
unobtainable in Tamil
- கிடைக்கமுடியாத
unobtainable in Punjabi
- unobtainable, ungettable
- ਅਲੱਭ alabbh
Synonyms of unobtainable
Forms of unobtainable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unobtainable |
| superlative | most unobtainable |
| Noun | |
| plural | unobtainables |
Origin of unobtainable
From un- + obtainable.
Words formed from unobtainable
Questions about unobtainable
- What does unobtainable mean?
- Unobtainable means unable to be obtained: not able to be acquired or reached.
- What is unobtainable in Tamil?
- Unobtainable in Tamil is கிடைக்கமுடியாத. See Unobtainable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unobtainable?
- Unobtainable can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near unobtainable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unobtainable (page history and authors); unobtainable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਲੱਭ (Punjabi) (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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