Meanings
noununattainability (uncountable)
- uncountableThe fact of being unattainable, of not being able to be reached or acquired.
A rack of Balmain brings a mind-bending new unattainability to your wardrobe with tumescent shoulder pads (a motorcycle jacket, $8,915) and motocross-style jeans weighing in at an unforgivable $2,915.
2009 September 24, Cintra Wilson, “The Posh and the Perverse”, in The New York Times
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Translations
Hungarian elérhetetlenség
- elérhetetlenségthe fact of being unattainable, of not being able to be reached or acquired
Polish niedosięgłość, niedosiężność
- niedosięgłośćthe fact of being unattainable, of not being able to be reached or acquired
- niedosiężnośćthe fact of being unattainable, of not being able to be reached or acquired
- nieosiągalnośćthe fact of being unattainable, of not being able to be reached or acquired
- niedostępnośćthe fact of being unattainable, of not being able to be reached or acquired
- niedościgłośćthe fact of being unattainable, of not being able to be reached or acquired
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unattainability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unattainability
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“unattainability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unattainability. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unattainability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unattainability.
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