unobtainable

The point he was making was that imagination plays a greater part in sexual temptation than flagrantly exposed flesh: the apparently unobtainable is more enticing than what is freely proffered.

Islam and imagination « Anglican Samizdat 2010

Manuscripts described as unobtainable by collectors may be found together with more ordinary books.

xml's Blinklist.com 2008

I can see the "ambitions and fantasies strong enough to brush aside the doubts," thing, but not the "unobtainable" bit.

Rejection, Where is Thy Sting? Ulysses 2009

[Aurora - the term originated based on the word "unobtainable", because that is the prerequisite characteristic of an element that is being discussed by scientists when that element is still only hypothetical ... becasue it has never been "obtained" yet.]

Cool Stuff: Unobtanium T-Shirt | /Film 2010

If any such product prompts me to consider a purchase I defer to interweb suppliers, safe in the knowledge that any such purchase will inevitably be 'unobtainable'.

Breaking the Duck: Coming to Terms with Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2010

And others achieved all they had ever dreamed, and then uselessly set more "unobtainable" goals for themselves, guaranteed to put a strain on the fuel pump, just to avoid the false dilemma of stagnation.

An East Wind Coming Cover, Arthur Byron 1979

Oncologists said 100 of 260 cancer patients at Gaza's largest hospital are unable to receive effective treatment because the required combination of several medicines is unobtainable.

Jan McGirk: Any Gauze in Gaza? Supply Shortages Add to Medical Misery Inside Strip Jan McGirk 2011

In a CBS News television interview Tuesday, the president responded to McConnell's statement that a solution to the nation's deficit spending problems was unobtainable with Obama in the White House.

Tensions Flare During White House Debt Talks 2011

In a CBS News television interview on Tuesday, President Obama had this response to McConnell's statement the day before that a solution to the nation's fiscal mess was unobtainable with Mr. Obama in the White House.

Obama, Lawmakers Hold Round Four of Debt Talks 2011

Oncologists said 100 of 260 cancer patients at Gaza's largest hospital are unable to receive effective treatment because the required combination of several medicines is unobtainable.

Jan McGirk: Any Gauze in Gaza? Supply Shortages Add to Medical Misery Inside Strip Jan McGirk 2011