Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inaccess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ac-cess
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of access.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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[…]"

Etymology

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

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does inaccess mean?: Lack of access.
Where does inaccess come from?: Superficially in- + access. Perhaps a back-formation from inaccessible.

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