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   inaccessible

   /ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪbl/

   adjective

   • 1. unable to be reached or entered: "a remote and inaccessible cave" Similar unreachableout of reachbeyond reachcut-offisolatedremotein the middle of nowherein the back of beyondout of the wayoff the maplonelygodforsakensecludedsequesteredinformal:unget-at-ablearchaic:unapproachableOpposite accessible
   • ▪ not able to be easily obtained or used: "everything of importance was locked away and inaccessible"
   • ▪ not able to be reached, entered, or used by people who have a disability: "many shops are inaccessible and transportation issues arise for anyone in a wheelchair"
   • 2. (of language or an artistic work) difficult to understand or appreciate: "‘High’ culture is largely inaccessible to the masses" Similar esotericobscureabstrusereconditerecherchéarcanerarefiedcerebralintellectualelitistexclusivepretentioussnobbysnobbish
   • 3. (of a person) not open to advances or influence; unapproachable: "her unassailable, inaccessible image"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, or from late Latin inaccessibilis, from in- ‘not’ + accessibilis (see accessible).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inaccessibility noun
   • 2. inaccessibly adverb

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