unattainability

Examples

• All

• One cannot explain away the birth and growth of geniuses, but one can hazard to say that the existence of a great argument can act as an inspiration; in the case of the fourteenth-century Florentines, one of the great arguments is patently the unattainability of Rome, which alternates as tenor and vehicle with the unattainability of Italy.

  Academic text (1991)

• As long as strict standards are accompanied by "free" money, regardless of whether it is reaped from responsible parties or from federal funds, the very unattainability of those standards provides an invaluable organizing tool.

  Academic text (1992)

• The near unattainability of his technique and the inaccessibility of his intentions imposed a remoteness that placed him beyond most responses other than adulation.

  Academic text (2013)

• One cannot explain away the birth and growth of geniuses, but one can hazard to say that the existence of a great argument can act as an inspiration; in the case of the fourteenth-century Florentines, one of the great arguments is patently the unattainability of Rome, which alternates as tenor and vehicle with the unattainability of Italy.

  Academic text (1991)

• Many people are motivated by the unattainability of their dreams, driving them to work harder.

• The unattainability of his goals often led to feelings of frustration and hopelessness.

• The unattainability of true perfection can inspire individuals to strive for their best.

Synonyms

I

impossibility

vsunattainability

37 5.3

A situation in which something cannot happen

is more narrowly about not being reachable or obtainable rather than all impossibilities

I

inaccessibility

vsunattainability

2 8.3

A state when people cannot reach or get something easily

focuses specifically on the state of being impossible to reach or obtain

I

infeasibility

vsunattainability

1 8.5

A situation where something cannot be done or is not practical

speaks of impossibility to reach or obtain without the practical emphasis

U

unattainableness

vsunattainability

9.2

The state of being impossible to reach or get

is the same state described with a different noun form

I

impossibleness

vsunattainability

9.1

A state when something cannot happen or be done

centres on not being able to be reached or obtained rather than existing

U

unfeasibility

vsunattainability

9.3

The fact that something cannot be done

relates more to inability to reach or obtain rather than to perform actions

I

inviability

vsunattainability

8.5

A situation that is impossible or too difficult to make work

focuses on not being reachable or obtainable rather than on practical success

Antonyms

A

attainability

5.5

The possibility of reaching or achieving something

How Attainable

accessibility

22 3.4

attainability

5.5

possibility

∞ 2.0

difficulty

651 2.4

unattainability

9.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology