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unnearable en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + near + -able.

Meanings

  1. Impossible to come near; unapproachable.
    • [...] that unnearable spout was cast by one selfsame whale... 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter LI, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

Forms

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most unnearable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unnearable Degree=Cmp lexicographic