unreachableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈriːtʃəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈritʃəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and reachable adj. and n.; also 1500s vnreacheable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, reach v.¹, -able suffix.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + reach v.¹ + -able suffix. Compare slightly later reachable adj.

Not reachable or contactable; unattainable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adjective] > affording access > accessible > inaccessible

inaccessible?a1475

unwinnablec1540

improachable?a1560

inaccesse?1567

unapproachable1574

unreachablea1586

unaccessible1596

dreich1597

accessless?1614

approachless1647

wind-bound1647

uncome-at-able1694

inapproachable1828

unget-at-able1862

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. f. 229 As their course neuer alters, so is there nothing done by the vnreacheable ruler of them, but hath an euerlasting reason for it.

1624 E. Bolton Nero Caesar xliii. 268 None of them such as incomparable Pindarvs did celebrate, whose vnreachable Mvse, Horace worthily admires.

1720 T. Paine Pastoral Charge 41 How killing to our Spirits is your Incorrigibleness, your Carelessness and making yourselves Unreachable by us!

1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 42 The apparent though unreachable nearness and promise of them.

1959 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 322 117 Many disturbed, potentially delinquent boys and girls by the time they are adolescent have become unreachable by all ordinary means available.

2006 Independent 15 Aug. (Extra section) 3/3 ‘Hard’ holidays refer to a set amount of days where employees will be completely unreachable by their place of work.

Derivatives

unˈreachableness n.

ΚΠ

1842 R. Owen Descr. Skeleton Sloth 152 To animals of their size and weight the greatest proportion of the tree..must have been inaccessible, and have waved or shook before their hungry gaze in tantalizing unreachableness.

1971 Mass. Rev. 12 133 The imperturbability of the Administration, its unreachableness by private witness, manifests itself most soberingly in its obsessive view of drugs.

2011 D. Chamberlain Midwife's Confession xix. 146 There were few things I hated as much as having Haley under general anesthesia..she was in no pain... Yet the goneness, the unreachableness, still scared me.

unreachaˈbility n.

ΚΠ

1911 Forum Apr. 422 That silence was..implacable and ghastly and crushing in its unreachability.

1953 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 14 Dec. 4/3 Where unreachability blocks that [cheap electricity] off, atomic power would be a godsend.

2009 J. O. Dozier Weeping, Window, Way xiii. 276 Never write someone off when they are in a state of unconsciousness and apparent unreachability.

unˈreachably adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adverb] > accessible to all > inaccessible

unaccessibly1615

inaccessibly1621

unreachably1673

inapproachably1864

1673 Raillerie a la Mode Consider'd To Rdr. 7 Let his Rodamantadoes and Bombast be but unreachably Remote, or Far-fought, (as we commonly say) and it will want nothing to make it off.

1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 247 The..brimming jars In fiendish mock borne past their dungeon bars, Upheld unreachably high.

1960 K. Amis Lett. (2000) 577 Thank you for your letter, which I should have answered sooner had I not been unreachably away on holiday when it arrived here.

2001 B. Broady In this Block there lives Slag 137 My wallet was wedged unreachably between my right boot and sock.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unreachable
释义	unreachableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈriːtʃəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈritʃəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and reachable adj. and n.; also 1500s vnreacheable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, reach v.¹, -able suffix. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + reach v.¹ + -able suffix. Compare slightly later reachable adj. Not reachable or contactable; unattainable. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adjective] > affording access > accessible > inaccessible inaccessible?a1475 unwinnablec1540 improachable?a1560 inaccesse?1567 unapproachable1574 unreachablea1586 unaccessible1596 dreich1597 accessless?1614 approachless1647 wind-bound1647 uncome-at-able1694 inapproachable1828 unget-at-able1862 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. f. 229 As their course neuer alters, so is there nothing done by the vnreacheable ruler of them, but hath an euerlasting reason for it. 1624 E. Bolton Nero Caesar xliii. 268 None of them such as incomparable Pindarvs did celebrate, whose vnreachable Mvse, Horace worthily admires. 1720 T. Paine Pastoral Charge 41 How killing to our Spirits is your Incorrigibleness, your Carelessness and making yourselves Unreachable by us! 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 42 The apparent though unreachable nearness and promise of them. 1959 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 322 117 Many disturbed, potentially delinquent boys and girls by the time they are adolescent have become unreachable by all ordinary means available. 2006 Independent 15 Aug. (Extra section) 3/3 ‘Hard’ holidays refer to a set amount of days where employees will be completely unreachable by their place of work. Derivatives unˈreachableness n. ΚΠ 1842 R. Owen Descr. Skeleton Sloth 152 To animals of their size and weight the greatest proportion of the tree..must have been inaccessible, and have waved or shook before their hungry gaze in tantalizing unreachableness. 1971 Mass. Rev. 12 133 The imperturbability of the Administration, its unreachableness by private witness, manifests itself most soberingly in its obsessive view of drugs. 2011 D. Chamberlain Midwife's Confession xix. 146 There were few things I hated as much as having Haley under general anesthesia..she was in no pain... Yet the goneness, the unreachableness, still scared me. unreachaˈbility n. ΚΠ 1911 Forum Apr. 422 That silence was..implacable and ghastly and crushing in its unreachability. 1953 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 14 Dec. 4/3 Where unreachability blocks that [cheap electricity] off, atomic power would be a godsend. 2009 J. O. Dozier Weeping, Window, Way xiii. 276 Never write someone off when they are in a state of unconsciousness and apparent unreachability. unˈreachably adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adverb] > accessible to all > inaccessible unaccessibly1615 inaccessibly1621 unreachably1673 inapproachably1864 1673 Raillerie a la Mode Consider'd To Rdr. 7 Let his Rodamantadoes and Bombast be but unreachably Remote, or Far-fought, (as we commonly say) and it will want nothing to make it off. 1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 247 The..brimming jars In fiendish mock borne past their dungeon bars, Upheld unreachably high. 1960 K. Amis Lett. (2000) 577 Thank you for your letter, which I should have answered sooner had I not been unreachably away on holiday when it arrived here. 2001 B. Broady In this Block there lives Slag 137 My wallet was wedged unreachably between my right boot and sock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1586
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