unreachable
adjective
un·reach·able
ˌən-ˈrē-chə-bəl 
: incapable of being reached: such as
a
: impossible to get to or get at
a location unreachable by car
b
: impossible to contact or communicate with
was unreachable by phone
emotionally unreachable teenagers
c
: impossible to achieve : not attainable
an unreachable dream/goal
Examples of unreachable in a Sentence
bothered by an unreachable itch on her back
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A number of additional victims remain under the rubble and on roads that are unreachable by ambulance and civil defense crews, the ministry said.
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
Now, more than 20 residents have been left unreachable in the rural, mountainous county with a population of around 18,000.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Spear was unreachable by reporters last Friday after top vaccine regulator Peter Marks resigned and blasted Kennedy in a scathing resignation letter.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The lawyers took down affidavits from the plaintiffs’ immigration attorneys—the men themselves were unreachable—and crafted an argument to protect a wider class of migrants in custody.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2025
Now, more than 20 residents have been left unreachable in the rural, mountainous county with a population of around 18,000.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Spear was unreachable by reporters last Friday after top vaccine regulator Peter Marks resigned and blasted Kennedy in a scathing resignation letter.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The lawyers took down affidavits from the plaintiffs’ immigration attorneys—the men themselves were unreachable—and crafted an argument to protect a wider class of migrants in custody.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Unreachable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreachable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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