unattainable

[US]/ʌnə'teɪnəb(ə)l/
[UK]/ˌʌnə'tenəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. impossible à réaliser; hors de portée; impossible à atteindre

Real-world Examples

The profit margins, however, proved to be unattainable.

Les marges bénéficiaires s'avéraient cependant inatteignables.

Source: Learn techniques from Lucy.

They are wanting to reach unattainable outcomes.

Ils cherchent à atteindre des résultats inatteignables.

Source: Essential Reading List for Self-Improvement

The profit margins proved to be unattainable, however.

Les marges bénéficiaires s'avéraient cependant inatteignables.

Source: Learn techniques from Lucy.

It felt just unattainable, you know?

Cela semblait tout simplement inatteignable, vous savez ?

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

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

L'utopie, la société parfaite, est inatteignable, car il n'existe pas de telles choses.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The others were as unattainable as they had ever been.

Les autres étaient aussi inatteignables qu'ils l'avaient jamais été.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

It is as if you are moving an unattainable horizon.

C'est comme si vous déplaciez un horizon inatteignable.

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

However, the profit margins proved to be unattainable.

Les marges bénéficiaires s'avéraient cependant inatteignables.

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.

Quiconque gaspillerait de l'argent précieux dans des pierres tombales alors que la nourriture était si chère, presque inatteignable, ne méritait aucune sympathie.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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

Et le prix des nécessités de base devient inatteignable pour de nombreuses familles.

Source: CNN Listening September 2022 Collection

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