unobtainable

Example Sentences

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"I mean, come on, it's like an unobtainable dream."

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Economic growth is the reason extreme poverty has become much rarer around the world, life expectancy has increased dramatically, and most Americans now own many things that were unobtainable luxuries decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

And, of course, celebrity is this lifestyle that by definition is unobtainable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

It felt so unobtainable, actually, to me, because I knew what I saw on television, I knew the examples that I didn't see on television or in theaters or on stage.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

For a city whose economy was built on slaughter, kosher meat remained an unobtainable luxury.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros