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US
/ˌənəbˈteɪnəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /ʌnɒbtˈeɪnəbəl/ ]
[ UK /ʌnɒbtˈeɪnəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
not capable of being obtained
untouchable resources buried deep within the earth
timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
a rare work, today almost inaccessible
How To Use unobtainable In A Sentence
- timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
- It was published in 1937 so is probably unobtainable now (though you could try abebooks), but it was a marvellous autobiography by a man who edited pulp magazines.
- But there seems no reason why this scheme should not work and provide an otherwise unobtainable massive injection of resources for a financially hard-hit National Health Service.
- They grow well enough in several states but are unobtainable in Washington.
- For many young people who feel trapped on an endless treadmill of dreary short-term jobs, interspersed with spells of unemployment, this seems like an increasingly unobtainable dream.
- Even more unobtainable, no doubt, is a measure of the comparative enjoyments derivable from choosing for oneself.
- That concept - aerospace power eclipsing the fog and friction of war - may be unobtainable, but it is still an important one to consider in terms of what it takes to make aerospace power work today and in the future.
- I tried to call Stevie Clark repeatedly but his phone alternated between off and unobtainable.
- Tea has stayed with me as a drug of choice where others have palled or become unobtainable.
- Then I found their phone number was unobtainable and they didn't return my emails and now my fears have been confirmed.