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UNREACHABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unreachable mean?
• UNREACHABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNREACHABLE has 1 sense:
1. inaccessibly located or situated
Familiarity information: UNREACHABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inaccessibly located or situated
Synonyms:
out of reach; unapproachable; unreachable; unreached
Context example:
the unreachable stars
Similar:
inaccessible; unaccessible (capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all)
Context examples
The team found that mAb114 binds to a novel site of vulnerability on the Ebola virus that was previously thought to be unreachable by antibodies.
(Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys, NIH)
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