unobtainable
/ˌʌnəbtˈeɪnəbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone or something that cannot be obtained.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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 fulfilled his footballing dream."
- "On the whole they are at present fairly cheap, and are not overburdened with long priced stamps, and still fewer unobtainables."
- "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 […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English obtain Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English obtainable English unobtainable From un- + obtainable.
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see at obtainable