unprocurable

Examples

• All

• Many rare stamps are unprocurable in today's market due to their limited supply.

• El Ali is a man of all trades, schemes and skullduggeries, and a procurer of the unprocurable.

  Wild Geese II (1985)

• The artwork was considered unprocurable, as it had been lost for decades.

Synonyms

I

inaccessible

vsunprocurable

28 7.9

Not able to be reached, used, or understood

narrows this meaning to failing to obtain items specifically

U

unattainable

vsunprocurable

18 6.3

Not possible to get or reach

applies more to failing to acquire concrete items than to goals

U

unobtainable

vsunprocurable

7 6.1

Impossible to get

is focused on inability to acquire items rather than other limits

U

untouchable

vsunprocurable

3 7.7

Too difficult for people to reach or get

focuses on inability to acquire rather than mere untouchability

U

ungettable

vsunprocurable

1 8.4

Impossible to buy and very hard to find

describes the same acquisition failure with a formal emphasis

U

un-get-at-able

vsunprocurable

• Informal

9.9

Hard to reach or achieve

highlights inability to get items rather than just reach them

I

introuvable

vsunprocurable

9.9

Very hard to find or get

emphasizes lack of availability rather than rarity or collectibility

U

uncomeatable

vsunprocurable

• Archaic

9.9

Hard to reach or get

gives the modern idea of inability to acquire in plain form

U

undiscoverable

vsunprocurable

8.9

Not possible to find or learn where something is

focuses on inability to acquire objects rather than unknowability

Antonyms

A

available

∞ 2.3

Able to be used or bought and not in use now

P

procurable

5.8

Able to be bought or found

How Obtainable

accessible

280 3.9

available

∞ 2.3

obtainable

6 3.7

scarce

103 4.8

unprocurable

9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology