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unattainable
What does unattainable mean?
unattainable (adjective): impossible to achieve.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use unattainable in a sentence?
- An unattainable goal. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce unattainable?
/ˌʌnəˈteɪnəbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does unattainable come from?
From un- + attain + -able.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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