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unreached

unreached

1 7.5
A place people do not visit that is hard to get to
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈriːtʃt/
translation icon : no alcanzado
  • It results in kingdom resources being wasted through duplicate and redundant activities, which could be deployed to the unreached and the least reached.

How can people cope with the pain of unreached potential?

Examples

  • There are still significant numbers of unreached people.

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  • We need a sense of urgency about reaching the unreached.

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  • Who are the unreached groups?

    Blog text (3)
  • I think that Missions is where God wants me to be, specifically reaching the unreached tribes.

    Blog text (34)
  • The Maindo people are, as of yet, unreached.

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  • Description: As I mentioned previously, Living With Less: An Unexpected Key to Happiness is written for a brand-new, relatively unreached market: Christian teens and young adults.

    Blog text (12)
  • This element of Jesus' strategy for engaging lostness is perhaps one of the most significant principles, and also one of the most neglected principles, for entering unreached people groups.

    Blog text (25)
  • In a normal semester, we have any number of missionaries and New Tribes Bible Institute alumni visit and speak with our students, sharing their hearts for evangelism and church planting among unreached people groups.

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  • We are a homeschooling family, and we are currently full-time missionaries with To Every Tribe, completing our 2-year missions training to take the gospel to unreached people groups in hostile and remote areas.

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  • Many charitable organizations focus on offering aid to unreached communities around the world.

Synonyms

unavailable
vsunreached
81 3.4

Not able to be used, reached, or bought

means not physically reached or arrived at, not just not usable
uncharted
vsunreached
42 6.5

A place not yet explored or mapped

is more general, indicating not reached rather than unmapped status
out of reach
vsunreached
38 4.0

Too far or too expensive for most people to get

is the neutral description of not being reached in location terms
inaccessible
vsunreached
28 7.9

Not able to be reached, used, or understood

is about being not reached rather than stressing difficulty or use
unreachable
vsunreached
15 4.9

Too difficult to get to because of where or how it is

is simply not reached or arrived at, not focusing on extreme difficulty
unapproachable
vsunreached
1 7.1

Hard to reach because it is far away or blocked

refers more generally to not being reached rather than approachability
unfindable
vsunreached
1 7.1

Very hard to find

focuses on not being reached rather than on difficulty of locating
unvisited
vsunreached
1 4.1

Something that no one has seen before

focuses on lack of physical arrival rather than mere absence of visitors
untraveled
vsunreached
  • US
1 6.3

A path or area that no one has visited

is broader, applying to any place not reached, not only paths
untracked
vsunreached
1 7.7

A place where there are no paths or roads and very few people have been

covers any not reached location, not only those without tracks
unattained
vsunreached
6.6

Not reached or achieved yet

is about physical lack of arrival rather than unmet goals
unpenetrated
vsunreached
9.1

Not yet explored or understood

stresses simple not being reached rather than mystery or lack of study

Antonyms

280 3.9

A place, thing, or service that you can reach and use easily

2.9

Reached a goal, level, or age

How Accessible

accessible
280 3.9
inaccessible
28 7.9
unreached
1 7.5
remote
218 3.6

Surface Forms

unreached positive

Morphology

unreached = reached (transparent) = un + reach + ed

The prefix 'un-' productivity negates the past participle 'reached' in a straightforward way.

Etymology

The word unreached is made from un- 'not' and reach 'to stretch out or get to'. So an unreached place or goal is something no one has yet touched or arrived at, like a mountaintop or a distant island.