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Inaccessible   /ˌɪnəksˈɛsəbəl/   Listen
Inaccessible

adjective
1.
Capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all.  Synonym: unaccessible.
2.
Not capable of being obtained.  Synonyms: unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable.  "Timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands" , "Untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"






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"Inaccessible" Quotes from Famous Books



... one of the best protected and most inaccessible parts of the body," Kennedy considered, slowly, "how could the pituitary be reached? If you will study my skiagraph, you will see how I got my first clue. There was something over that spot which caused the refractory sore. What was it? Radium—carefully ...
— The Treasure-Train • Arthur B. Reeve

... an hour. Pray to God to deliver us from this peril; we cannot escape, if He do not take pity on us.' At these words he ordered the sails to be lowered; but all the ropes broke, and the ship was carried by the current to the foot of an inaccessible mountain, where she struck and went to pieces, yet in such a manner that we saved our lives, our provisions, and the ...
— The Arabian Nights - Their Best-known Tales • Unknown

... give you free right of way, turn over to you annually twenty million feet of timber for your log trains, and give you the haul of all our crews and camp supplies. Further than that, with spur tracks to lots now inaccessible by water, you can quadruple the value of our holdings and your own business at the same time. And this will be only the first link of a railroad system that we need all through the region. The thing has come to us in its right ...
— The Rainy Day Railroad War • Holman Day

... of his mantle may not have descended upon me! Now to answer your question right away—you will admit that pretty often your aunt is dressed like a last year's scarecrow; that she is drowsy, stupefied, and generally inaccessible. At another time she is real smart and vivacious, and puts other women in the shade. Then suddenly she disappears, shuts herself up along with Lily ayah, and not a soul may approach her—no, not even you. Undoubtedly ...
— The Road to Mandalay - A Tale of Burma • B. M. Croker

... were, I noticed, quite untouched by the hailstorm, which, it would seem, had confined its attentions to the land of the Black Kendah. Of these we ate thankfully enough. A little farther on we perceived huts perched on an inaccessible place in a kloof. Also their inhabitants perceived us, for they ran away as though ...
— The Ivory Child • H. Rider Haggard


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