inaccessible
/ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪbl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.30 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.
adj
Not able to be reached; unattainable.
noun
An uncountable regular cardinal number that is a limit cardinal.
Example Sentences
- "physically inaccessible"
- "remote and inaccessible"
- "The village was inaccessible during the winter."
- "Much of the archive remains inaccessible to the public."
- "[T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]"
- "It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin."
Etymology
From Middle French inaccessible, from Late Latin inaccessibilis, equivalent to in- + accessible. Piecewise doublet of unaccessible.