noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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