Standard Lemma guide

unreachable

adj · 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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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N R IY1 CH AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unable to be reached; impossible to attain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person or thing that cannot be reached.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

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: unapproachable, 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 reach 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 unreachable From un- + reach + -able.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: недостижи́м (nedostižím) — unable to be reached
  • Catalan: inabastable — unable to be reached
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不可及 (bùkějí) — unable to be reached
  • Finnish: saavuttamaton — unable to be reached
  • German: unerreichbar — unable to be reached
  • Greek: άφταστος (áftastos) — unable to be reached
  • Greek: άφθαστος (áfthastos) — unable to be reached
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκατάληπτος (akatálēptos) — unable to be reached
  • Hungarian: elérhetetlen — unable to be reached
  • Italian: irraggiungibile — unable to be reached
  • Kazakh: қол жетпейтін (qol jetpeitın) — unable to be reached
  • Māori: aweawe — unable to be reached
  • Russian: недосяга́емый (nedosjagájemyj) — unable to be reached
  • Russian: недостижи́мый (nedostižímyj) — unable to be reached
  • Spanish: inalcanzable — unable to be reached
  • Swedish: oåtkomlig — unable to be reached
  • Swedish: onåbar — unable to be reached
  • Turkish: ulaşılmaz — unable to be reached