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UN-GET-AT-ABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does un-get-at-able mean?
• UN-GET-AT-ABLE (adjective)
The adjective UN-GET-AT-ABLE has 1 sense:
1. difficult to reach or attain
Familiarity information: UN-GET-AT-ABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Difficult to reach or attain
Synonyms:
un-come-at-able; un-get-at-able; ungetatable
Similar:
inaccessible; unaccessible (capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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