Meanings
comparative more inaccessible · superlative most inaccessible
- Not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.
physically inaccessible
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remote and inaccessible
The village was inaccessible during the winter.
Much of the archive remains inaccessible to the public.
[T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]
1642, James Howell, “Section X”, in Instructions for Forreine Travell. […], London: […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC, pages 132–133It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin.
2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNNSynonyms: unaccessible · Antonyms: accessible
- Not able to be reached; unattainable.
Synonyms: unaccessible · Antonyms: accessible
plural inaccessibles
- mathematicsAn uncountable regular cardinal number that is a limit cardinal.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all
adjectivenot capable of being obtained
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latininaccessibilis
- Middle Frenchinaccessible
- Englishinaccessible
From Middle French inaccessible, from Late Latin inaccessibilis, equivalent to in- + accessible. Piecewise doublet of unaccessible.
More words from Middle French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄβατος, ἀνέμβατος
- ἄβατος (ábatos)not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- ἀνέμβατος (anémbatos)not able to be reached; unattainable
Bulgarian недостъпен, недостижим
- недостъпен (nedostăpen)not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- недостижим (nedostižim)not able to be reached; unattainable
Catalan inaccessible
- inaccessiblenot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
Chinese Mandarin 不可及
- 不可及 (bùkějí)not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
Czech nedostupný, nepřístupný
- nedostupnýnot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- nepřístupnýnot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- nedostupnýnot able to be reached; unattainable
- nedosažitelnýnot able to be reached; unattainable
- nepřístupnýnot able to be reached; unattainable
Esperanto nealirebla
- nealireblanot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
Finnish luoksepääsemätön, saavuttamaton
- luoksepääsemätönnot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- saavuttamatonnot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- saavuttamatonnot able to be reached; unattainable
French inaccessible, inaccessible
- inaccessiblenot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- inaccessiblenot able to be reached; unattainable
German unzugänglich, unerreichbar
- unzugänglichnot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- unerreichbarnot able to be reached; unattainable
Greek δυσπρόσιτος, απρόσιτος
- δυσπρόσιτος (dysprósitos)not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- απρόσιτος (aprósitos)not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- απρόσιτος (aprósitos)not able to be reached; unattainable
Irish doshroichte
- doshroichtenot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
Italian inaccessibile
- inaccessibilenot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
Latin inaccessus, inaccessus
- inaccessusnot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- inaccessusnot able to be reached; unattainable
- inviusnot able to be reached; unattainable
Māori kaiawe, taupae
- kaiawenot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- taupaenot able to be reached; unattainable
- kaiawenot able to be reached; unattainable
Polish niedostępny, nieosiągalny
- niedostępnynot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- nieosiągalnynot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
Portuguese inacessível, inacessível
- inacessívelnot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- inacessívelnot able to be reached; unattainable
Romanian inaccesibil, neaccesibil
- inaccesibilnot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- neaccesibilnot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- inaccesibilnot able to be reached; unattainable
- de neatinsnot able to be reached; unattainable
- neatingibilnot able to be reached; unattainable
Russian недосту́пный, недосту́пный
- недосту́пный (nedostúpnyj)not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- недосту́пный (nedostúpnyj)not able to be reached; unattainable
Spanish inaccesible
- inaccesiblenot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
Swedish otillgänglig, oåtkomlig
- otillgänglignot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- oåtkomlignot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- onåbarnot able to be reached; unattainable
- ouppnåelignot able to be reached; unattainable
Turkish erişilemez, erişilemez
- erişilemeznot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
- erişilemeznot able to be reached; unattainable
Cite this entry
inaccessible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaccessible
“inaccessible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaccessible. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inaccessible,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inaccessible.
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