unattainable

[US]/ʌnə'teɪnəb(ə)l/

[UK]/ˌʌnə'tenəbl/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. impossible to achieve; beyond reach; impossible to attain

The profit margins, however, proved to be unattainable.

Source: Learn techniques from Lucy.

They are wanting to reach unattainable outcomes.

Source: Essential Reading List for Self-Improvement

The profit margins proved to be unattainable, however.

Source: Learn techniques from Lucy.

It felt just unattainable, you know?

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

Utopia, the perfect society, is unattainable, for there is no such thing.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The others were as unattainable as they had ever been.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

It is as if you are moving an unattainable horizon.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

However, the profit margins proved to be unattainable.

Source: Learn techniques from Lucy.

Anybody who would waste precious money on tombstones when food was so dear, so almost unattainable, didn't deserve sympathy.

Source: Gone with the Wind

And the price of basic necessities is becoming unattainable for many families.

Source: CNN Listening September 2022 Collection

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