Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not accessible; remote or unapproachable.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not accessible; not to be reached or approached.
  • Unapproachable in power.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not accessible; not to be reached, obtained, or approached

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient
  • adjective not able to be reached; unattainable

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not capable of being obtained
  • adjective capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all

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Examples

  • My gut is that Keats would be fine with this, which is why I am surprised when the word "inaccessible" is applied to poetry.

    Wendy Merry: Yeah, It's Poetry... Let's Get Over It Wendy Merry 2011

  • My gut is that Keats would be fine with this, which is why I am surprised when the word "inaccessible" is applied to poetry.

    Wendy Merry: Yeah, It's Poetry... Let's Get Over It Wendy Merry 2011

  • My gut is that Keats would be fine with this, which is why I am surprised when the word "inaccessible" is applied to poetry.

    Wendy Merry: Yeah, It's Poetry... Let's Get Over It Wendy Merry 2011

  • My gut is that Keats would be fine with this, which is why I am surprised when the word "inaccessible" is applied to poetry.

    Wendy Merry: Yeah, It's Poetry... Let's Get Over It Wendy Merry 2011

  • My gut is that Keats would be fine with this, which is why I am surprised when the word "inaccessible" is applied to poetry.

    Wendy Merry: Yeah, It's Poetry... Let's Get Over It Wendy Merry 2011

  • At one point, he felt his soul felt itself carried to the other side of the veil, to contemplate the revealed face of him who dwells in inaccessible light (cf. AI Schuster, History of Saint Benedict and his time, Ed Abbey Viboldone, Milan, 1965, p. 11 et seq.).

    More from Montecassino 2009

  • And the pigeons dying on rooftops, in inaccessible corners, in the tops of palm trees, the bottoms of fountains or deep inside the mysteries of evergreens, who takes them up and gives them burial?

    The Unexamined Saturday « Unknowing 2009

  • A concrete wall meant to keep the pool safe for children and inaccessible from the street also gave Bestor a chance to put the Ennis

    The Ennis House's New Neighbor 2008

  • The sensation of feeling and hearing the force of water striking rocks in inaccessible corners is an experience that can be lived on the kayak and raft, descending Michoacán's rivers.

    Guide to alternative tourism in Michoacán 2008

  • The sensation of feeling and hearing the force of water striking rocks in inaccessible corners is an experience that can be lived on the kayak and raft, descending Michoacán's rivers.

    Guide to alternative tourism in Michoacán 2008

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