unattainable
Example Sentences
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That’s what I want too — I want to see some humanity, especially these days when everybody is being force-fed so much perfection and so much unattainable grace.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Set very ambitious goals that initially seem unattainable.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
"It's frankly astonishing that airlines think they can ignore the rules and mislead customers with unattainable prices, so it's absolutely right that the ASA has made this ruling," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026
Her sister once wrote that her “aim was high, the ideal unattainable . . . too high to attain to the fruition of the soul and be satisfied.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
But there are men for whom the unattainable has a special attraction.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing unattainable
Power Prefix: un-
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "U"
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: un-
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