unattainable

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

Translation

adj. impossível de alcançar; fora de alcance; impossível de obter

Real-world Examples

The profit margins, however, proved to be unattainable.

As margens de lucro, no entanto, se mostraram inatingíveis.

Source: Learn techniques from Lucy.

They are wanting to reach unattainable outcomes.

Eles estão querendo alcançar resultados inatingíveis.

Source: Essential Reading List for Self-Improvement

The profit margins proved to be unattainable, however.

As margens de lucro se mostraram inatingíveis, no entanto.

Source: Learn techniques from Lucy.

It felt just unattainable, you know?

Parecia simplesmente inatingível, sabe?

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

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

A utopia, a sociedade perfeita, é inatingível, pois tal coisa não existe.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The others were as unattainable as they had ever been.

Os outros eram tão inatingíveis quanto sempre foram.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

It is as if you are moving an unattainable horizon.

É como se você estivesse movendo um horizonte inatingível.

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

However, the profit margins proved to be unattainable.

No entanto, as margens de lucro se mostraram inatingíveis.

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.

Qualquer pessoa que desperdiçasse dinheiro precioso em lápides quando a comida era tão cara, tão quase inatingível, não merecia pena.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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

E o preço das necessidades básicas está se tornando inatingível para muitas famílias.

Source: CNN Listening September 2022 Collection

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