adj
Meaning 1
Not accessible or able to be reached.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inaccessible
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unapproachable
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Aloof and unfriendly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reserved, standoffish, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, offish, quiet, remote, strange, thorny, touch-me-not-ish, unapproachable, unbending, undemonstrative, unimpressionable, uninvolved
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Without any serious competition; unbeatable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
discouraging intimacies; reserved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unapproachable executive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: approachable
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
inaccessibly located or situated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains
- an unreachable canyon
- the unreachable stars
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unreachable, unreached, out of reach(p)
Antonyms: none provided
History
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 approach Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English approachable English unapproachable From un- + approachable.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: недостъпен (nedostǎpen) — not accessible
- Bulgarian: недосегаем (nedosegaem) — not accessible
- Catalan: inabordable — not accessible
- French: inabordable — not accessible
- German: unerreichbar — not accessible
- Ancient Greek: ἀπρόσιτος (aprósitos) — not accessible
- Irish: doshroichte — not accessible
- Italian: irraggiungibile — not accessible
- Latin: inaccessus — not accessible
- Manx: do-roshtyn — not accessible
- Manx: neuventynagh — not accessible
- Portuguese: inabordável — not accessible
- Turkish: ulaşımsız — not accessible
- German: unnahbar — aloof
- German: distanziert — aloof