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inaccessibility

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: accessibility

2

noun

Meaning 2

The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.

Such a state in the built environment, commerce, or civics that represents a shortcoming in what society has yet achieved to accommodate the impairments that some of its members have.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: social model of disability

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: accessibility

3

noun

Meaning 3

the quality of not being available when needed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unavailability

Antonyms: accessibility

Broader terms: inconvenience

History

Etymology

From Middle French inaccessibilité, from Latin inaccessibilitas.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: əlçatmazlıq — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Bulgarian: недостъпност (nedostǎpnost) — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Catalan: inaccessibilitat — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Finnish: luoksepääsemättömyys — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • French: inaccessibilité — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Galician: inaccesibilidade — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Greek: έλειψη προσβασιμότητας (éleipsi prosvasimótitas) — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Irish: neamh-inrochtaineacht — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Italian: inaccessibilità — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Manx: neuroshtynid — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Manx: neuventynys — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Portuguese: inacessibilidade — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Russian: недосту́пность (nedostúpnostʹ) — quality or state of being inaccessible
  • Spanish: inaccesibilidad — quality or state of being inaccessible