Meanings
- not comparableUnable to be reached; impossible to attain.
[…] read-only attribute that lists the unreachable but uncollectable objects.
2006, Alex Martelli, Python in a Nutshell
plural unreachables
- A person or thing that cannot be reached.
“Brands want to be in front of this audience,” Ms. Bamford said. “Reaching these unreachables, these cord-cutters who don’t want to be fed an ad, is a huge concern.”
2019 December 16, Tiffany Hsu, quoting Ellie Bamford, “Netflix Is Ad Free, but It Isn’t Brand Free”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinaccessibly located or situated
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishreach
- Englishunreachable
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος
- ἀκατάληπτος (akatálēptos)unable to be reached
Bulgarian недостижи́м
- недостижи́м (nedostižím)unable to be reached
Catalan inabastable
- inabastableunable to be reached
Chinese Mandarin 不可及
- 不可及 (bùkějí)unable to be reached
Finnish saavuttamaton
- saavuttamatonunable to be reached
German unerreichbar
- unerreichbarunable to be reached
Greek άφταστος, άφθαστος
- άφταστος (áftastos)unable to be reached
- άφθαστος (áfthastos)unable to be reached
Hungarian elérhetetlen
- elérhetetlenunable to be reached
Italian irraggiungibile
- irraggiungibileunable to be reached
Māori aweawe
- aweaweunable to be reached
Russian недосяга́емый, недостижи́мый
- недосяга́емый (nedosjagájemyj)unable to be reached
- недостижи́мый (nedostižímyj)unable to be reached
Spanish inalcanzable
- inalcanzableunable to be reached
Swedish oåtkomlig, onåbar
- oåtkomligunable to be reached
- onåbarunable to be reached
Turkish ulaşılmaz
- ulaşılmazunable to be reached
Cite this entry
unreachable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unreachable
“unreachable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unreachable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unreachable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unreachable.
Source: unreachable on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.