inaccessible
adjective
in·ac·ces·si·ble
ˌi-nik-ˈse-sə-bəl 
(ˌ)i-ˌnak-
: not accessible
an inaccessible area
an inaccessible goal
Synonyms
Examples of inaccessible in a Sentence
The area is inaccessible by road.
His prose is inaccessible to many readers.
Recent Examples on the Web
Tada said the department has received calls about criminal activity and for medical assistance on hiking trails or in open space preserves that are usually inaccessible to the department’s patrol vehicles, which is where the UTV would come in handy.
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Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
But rather than making the system more transparent as lawmakers intended, Krass’ guidance mostly reinforced the individual services’ policies, which keep court records largely inaccessible to the public.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2024
This is often the case due to inaccessible or unreliable public transportation, even though many magnet schools are located in urban centers.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
Living in White Plains, N.Y., in the 1980s, Mrs. Wallace galvanized a broad campaign to rescue the river, at the time an inaccessible 23-mile watercourse that was home to more flotsam, like the carcasses of junked cars and rusted refrigerators, than fauna.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The reality is that many of the wellness trends are simply unaffordable and/or inaccessible to the majority of the world’s population.
—Lipi Roy, Md, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Grey dismissed complaints that some buildings were inaccessible, indicating that the plaintiffs had not alleged problems attempting to access or participate in activities in those buildings.
—Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
The advent of big data and cloud warehouse and data lake technologies enabled the processing and analysis of these large datasets, providing insights that were previously inaccessible.
—Michel Tricot, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Baltimore is now America’s 17th-biggest port by tonnage—a respectable rank, if a far cry from the early days of the United States, when shipping made the city the third-most-populous in the country—and may well drop further down the list if the harbor remains inaccessible.
—Rachel Gutman-Wei, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024
Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
But rather than making the system more transparent as lawmakers intended, Krass’ guidance mostly reinforced the individual services’ policies, which keep court records largely inaccessible to the public.
—Megan Rose, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2024
This is often the case due to inaccessible or unreliable public transportation, even though many magnet schools are located in urban centers.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Mar. 2024
Living in White Plains, N.Y., in the 1980s, Mrs. Wallace galvanized a broad campaign to rescue the river, at the time an inaccessible 23-mile watercourse that was home to more flotsam, like the carcasses of junked cars and rusted refrigerators, than fauna.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The reality is that many of the wellness trends are simply unaffordable and/or inaccessible to the majority of the world’s population.
—Lipi Roy, Md, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Grey dismissed complaints that some buildings were inaccessible, indicating that the plaintiffs had not alleged problems attempting to access or participate in activities in those buildings.
—Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024
The advent of big data and cloud warehouse and data lake technologies enabled the processing and analysis of these large datasets, providing insights that were previously inaccessible.
—Michel Tricot, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Baltimore is now America’s 17th-biggest port by tonnage—a respectable rank, if a far cry from the early days of the United States, when shipping made the city the third-most-populous in the country—and may well drop further down the list if the harbor remains inaccessible.
—Rachel Gutman-Wei, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Inaccessible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inaccessible. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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inaccessible
adjective
in·ac·ces·si·ble
ˌin-ik-ˈses-ə-bəl
(ˌ)in-ˌak-
: not accessible
an inaccessible area
an inaccessible goal
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