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Meanings of unobtainable in English

Not capable of being obtained.

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Usage of unobtainable in English
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Limitations: The information about personal behaviors was unobtainable in the Taiwan NHIRD.
Pubmed
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This poem stands for the fact that things are unobtainable by art.
Borges at Eighty
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The core reason was the perception that funding would be unobtainable otherwise.
The Irish Times
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He values obtainable Gascon bread and cheese more than the unobtainable stars.
Dreamthorp / A Book of Essays Written in the Country
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Dolly was as unobtainable as the heaven of the tramp preacher's vision.
The Desired Woman
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And meat was unobtainable, there was nothing to be had but fish.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
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Barrier one: checking of boarding cards, unobtainable without the proper visa.
Fatherland
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Such specificity requires a level of devotion unobtainable by most climbers.
Climbing Magazine
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But homeownership has often been unobtainable for many prospective African-American homebuyers.
Ebony
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It caused a great sensation at the time, but is now quite unobtainable.
Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century
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But nothing was more probable than that such a permit would be unobtainable.
Caesar Dies
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Doctors and chemists were unobtainable, and soldiers were dying every day.
The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro a...
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Here is exhaust hardware lifted from Aston's diabolical, all-but-unobtainable One-77 hypercar.
BBC
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Dr Glover said a 20 percent increase would make smoking unobtainable for more people.
Radio NZ
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And the key was unobtainable, as the organist is absent from the town to-day.
The Master-Christian
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They create an unflattering comparison but also an unobtainable ideal.
The Guardian
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