unapproachable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ approachable

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unapproachable (comparative more unapproachable, superlative most unapproachable)

1. Not accessible or able to be reached.

   Synonym: inaccessible

2. Aloof and unfriendly.
3. Without any serious competition; unbeatable.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:

     Jack Governor, always a man of wonderful resources, was Chief Cook, and made some of the best dishes I ever ate, including unapproachable curries.

   • 1863, Secrets of My Office, by a Bill Broker, page 313:

     Often, I say, have I wavered in my faith as to the unapproachable beatitude of bachelorism, when dining out, for example, at a well-appointed marital menage.

Translations

not accessible

• Bulgarian: недостъпен (bg) (nedostǎpen), недосегаем (bg) (nedosegaem)
• German: unerreichbar (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἀπρόσιτος (aprósitos)

• Irish: doshroichte
• Italian: irraggiungibile (it)
• Latin: inaccessus
• Manx: do-roshtyn (place), neuventynagh (person)
• Portuguese: inabordável
• Turkish: ulaşımsız

aloof

• German: unnahbar (de), distanziert (de)