The standard pattern is inaccessible to someone or something. Other prepositions may appear in different sentence structures but are not the normal complement after inaccessible.
Use inaccessible to for people, groups, or things that cannot reach, understand, or use something. Inaccessible by can describe means of transport. Inaccessible due to introduces a reason. Inaccessible for and inaccessible in are uncommon as direct complements.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use to when someone cannot reach, use, or understand something.
Use by to show the route or method that cannot be used.
Due to introduces the reason why something cannot be accessed.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
To is the usual preposition after inaccessible when naming people or groups.
✕ The app is inaccessible for many users. ✓ The app is inaccessible to many users.By refers to a method or route, while to refers to people or things affected.
✕ The island is inaccessible to boat. ✓ The island is inaccessible by boat.In usually adds context rather than completing the adjective.
✕ The database is inaccessible in employees. ✓ The database is inaccessible to employees.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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It is not always wrong, but inaccessible to is more standard for people or groups.
Yes. Use it with transport or methods, such as inaccessible by road.
It means impossible to reach, use, or understand for someone or something.
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