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unreachable 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- English reach Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unreachable From un- + reach + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Unable to be reached; impossible to attain.
    • […] read-only attribute that lists the unreachable but uncollectable objects. 2006, Alex Martelli, Python in a Nutshell:

Deriveds

unreachableness · unreachable code · unreachably

Translations (18)

bg недостижи́м (unable to be reached) · ru недостижи́мый (unable to be reached) · mi aweawe (unable to be reached) · es inalcanzable (unable to be reached) · sv onåbar (unable to be reached) · it irraggiungibile (unable to be reached) · cmn 不可及 (unable to be reached) · el άφταστος (unable to be reached) · fi saavuttamaton (unable to be reached) · tr ulaşılmaz (unable to be reached) · hu elérhetetlen (unable to be reached) · el άφθαστος (unable to be reached) · kk қол жетпейтін (unable to be reached) · sv oåtkomlig (unable to be reached) · de unerreichbar (unable to be reached) · ru недосяга́емый (unable to be reached) · ca inabastable (unable to be reached) · grc ἀκατάληπτος (unable to be reached)

unreachable en · NOUN

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- English reach Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unreachable From un- + reach + -able.

Meanings

  1. A person or thing that cannot be reached.
    • “Brands want to be in front of this audience,” Ms. Bamford said. “Reaching these unreachables, these cord-cutters who don’t want to be fed an ad, is a huge concern.” 2019 December 16, Tiffany Hsu, quoting Ellie Bamford, “Netflix Is Ad Free, but It Isn’t Brand Free”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Forms

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unreachables Number=Plur lexicographic