unreachable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ reach +‎ -able.

Adjective

unreachable (not comparable)

1. Unable to be reached; impossible to attain.
   • 2006, Alex Martelli, Python in a Nutshell:

     […] read-only attribute that lists the unreachable but uncollectable objects.

Derived terms

• unreachable code

Translations

unable to be reached

• Bulgarian: недостижи́м (bg) (nedostižím)
• Catalan: inabastable
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可及 (bùkějí)

• Finnish: saavuttamaton
• German: unerreichbar (de)
• Greek: άφταστος (el) (áftastos), άφθαστος (el) (áfthastos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀκατάληπτος (akatálēptos)

• Hungarian: elérhetetlen (hu)
• Italian: irraggiungibile (it)
• Kazakh: қол жетпейтін (qol jetpeitın)
• Māori: aweawe
• Russian: недосяга́емый (ru) (nedosjagájemyj), недостижи́мый (ru) (nedostižímyj) (unachievable)
• Spanish: inalcanzable (es)
• Swedish: oåtkomlig (sv), onåbar
• Turkish: ulaşılmaz

Noun

unreachable (plural unreachables)

1. A person or thing that cannot be reached.
   • 2019 December 16, Tiffany Hsu, quoting Ellie Bamford, “Netflix Is Ad Free, but It Isn’t Brand Free”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     “Brands want to be in front of this audience,” Ms. Bamford said. “Reaching these unreachables, these cord-cutters who don’t want to be fed an ad, is a huge concern.”

     (Can we archive this URL?)