inaccessible

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌɪnəˈksɛsəbəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Difficult or impossible to reach, enter, or approach, especially because of physical barriers or remote location.; Difficult or impossible to understand or appreciate, especially because of complexity or obscurity.; Not able to be obtained or used; unavailable.; Not approachable or friendly in manner; aloof or unapproachable.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more inaccessible Superlative: most inaccessible

Collocations

inaccessible tovirtually inaccessiblelargely inaccessiblephysically inaccessiblemutually inaccessibleremain inaccessible

Derivatives

inaccessibilityinaccessiblyaccessibleaccessibilityaccessibly

Synonyms

unreachableunattainableremoteimpenetrableout of reachunapproachable

Antonyms

accessiblereachableattainableapproachable

Commonly confused

inaccessable
EN: 'Inaccessable' is a common misspelling; the correct ending is '-ible', not '-able'.
unaccessible
EN: 'Unaccessible' is non-standard; the correct negative prefix for 'accessible' is 'in-', not 'un-'.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember that 'inaccessible' ends in '-ible' (not '-able') and contains a double 's'. The prefix is 'in-' (not 'un-').

💬 Examples

  1. The mountain village remained inaccessible during the heavy snowfall.

  2. The professor's lecture was inaccessible to students without a background in advanced mathematics.

  3. The classified documents were inaccessible to the general public.

  4. The celebrity was surrounded by bodyguards and seemed completely inaccessible to fans.