unachievable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Middle English achieven English achieve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English achievable English unachievable From un- + achievable.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That cannot be achieved (or only with great difficulty).
Driver training has yet to take place, making SWR's promise of entry into passenger service this year looking unachievable.
2021 November 3, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rolling stock concerns as '701s' "not fit for purpose"”, in RAIL, number 943, page 21:However, the limitations of a storytelling project such as this seems to be that the notion of validation is unachievable mainly because it falls short of the so-called 'Hitchens's razor': that 'that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence'.
2015 October 23, Cillian McGrattan, The Politics of Trauma and Peace-Building: Lessons from Northern Ireland, Abington; New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2:
Deriveds
Translations (8)
ru недостижи́мый (that cannot be achieved) · fi saavuttamaton (that cannot be achieved) · cmn 无法完成的 (that cannot be achieved) · es inalcanzable (that cannot be achieved) · bg непостижим (that cannot be achieved) · es ilograble (that cannot be achieved) · cmn 无法实现的 (that cannot be achieved) · cs nedosažitelný (that cannot be achieved)