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   unapproachable

   /ˌʌnəˈprəʊtʃəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. not welcoming or friendly: "he seems stuffy and unapproachable" Similar aloofdistantremotedetachedreservedwithdrawnuncommunicativeguardedundemonstrativeunresponsiveunforthcomingunfriendlyunsympatheticunsociablecoolcoldicychillyfrostyfrigidstiffformaldispassionateinformal:stand-offishoffishoffOpposite approachablefriendly
   • 2. (of a place) remote and inaccessible: archaic "some regions were unapproachable to the Romans" Similar inaccessibleout of reachbeyond reachunreachableremoteout of the wayisolatedfar-flungoff the mapin the middle of nowherein the hinterlandsinformal:off the beaten trackin the back of beyondin the sticksunget-at-ablejerkwaterin the tall timbersBarcoobeyond the black stumpOpposite accessible

   Derivatives

   • 1. unapproachability noun
   • 2. unapproachably adverb
   • 3. unapproachableness noun

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