Inaccessible — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all

not capable of being obtained

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnæksˈɛsəbəl/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnaksˈɛsəbəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnaksˈɛsəbəl/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪnæksˈɛsəbəl/.

Examples

a rare work, today almost inaccessible
timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
untouchable resources buried deep within the earth

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

untouchable unobtainable unaccessible unprocurable

Antonyms

accessible

Parts of Speech

adjective	capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all
adjective	not capable of being obtained “a rare work, today almost inaccessible”

Word Forms

inaccessibility

noun

the quality of not being available when needed

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unzugänglich

nur sehr schwer oder gar nicht erreichbar

🇪🇸Spanish

inaccesible

capaz de ser alcanzado sólo con gran dificultad o nada en absoluto

🇮🇹Italian

inaccessibile

raggiungibile solo con grande difficoltà o per niente

🇳🇱Dutch

ontoegankelijk

slechts met grote moeite of helemaal niet te bereiken zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

inacessível

capaz de ser alcançado apenas com grande dificuldade ou nunca

🇷🇺Russian

недоступный

достижимо лишь с большим трудом или вообще не достижимо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पर पहुंच-योग्य

केवल बड़ी कठिनाई से ही पहुंचा जा सकता है या बिल्कुल भी नहीं

🇧🇩Bengali

দুর্গম

শুধুমাত্র খুব কষ্টে পৌঁছাতে সক্ষম বা একেবারেই না

🇮🇳Tamil

அணுக முடியாத

மிகுந்த சிரமத்துடன் மட்டுமே அடைய முடியும் அல்லது இல்லை

🇮🇳Telugu

చేరలేని

చాలా కష్టంతో మాత్రమే చేరుకోగల సామర్థ్యం లేదా అస్సలు కాదు

🇮🇳Marathi

दुर्गम

केवळ मोठ्या अडचणीने पोहोचण्यास सक्षम किंवा अजिबात नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

અગમ્ય

માત્ર મોટી મુશ્કેલી સાથે અથવા બિલકુલ નહીં પહોંચવામાં સક્ષમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುರ್ಗಮ

ಬಹಳ ಕಷ್ಟದಿಂದ ಮಾತ್ರ ತಲುಪಬಹುದು ಅಥವಾ ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಇಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അപ്രാപ്യമായ

വളരെ പ്രയാസപ്പെട്ടോ ഇല്ലയോ മാത്രം എത്തിച്ചേരാൻ കഴിയും

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਹੁੰਚਯੋਗ

ਸਿਰਫ ਬਹੁਤ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਨਾਲ ਪਹੁੰਚਣ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ ਜਾਂ ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਨਹੀਂ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناقابل رسائی

صرف بڑی مشکل سے پہنچنے کے قابل یا بالکل نہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

难以接近的

很难达到或根本无法达到

🇯🇵Japanese

アクセスできない

非常に困難を伴うか、まったく到達できない

🇰🇷Korean

접근할 수 없는

큰 어려움을 겪거나 전혀 도달할 수 없는 경우

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không thể tiếp cận được

có khả năng đạt được chỉ với rất nhiều khó khăn hoặc hoàn toàn không

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่สามารถเข้าถึงได้

สามารถเข้าถึงได้ด้วยความยากลำบากมากเท่านั้นหรือไม่ได้เลย

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak dapat diakses

hanya mampu dicapai dengan susah payah atau tidak sama sekali

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi naa-access

kayang abutin lamang nang may matinding kahirapan o hindi man

🇲🇾Malay

tidak boleh diakses

mampu dicapai hanya dengan susah payah atau tidak sama sekali

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لا يمكن الوصول إليه

لا يمكن الوصول إليه إلا بصعوبة كبيرة أو لا يمكن الوصول إليه على الإطلاق

🇮🇷Persian

غیر قابل دسترس

فقط با سختی زیاد می توان به آن رسید یا اصلاً نمی توان به آن رسید

🇹🇷Turkish

erişilemez

ancak büyük zorluklarla ulaşılabilen veya hiç ulaşılamayan

🇮🇱Hebrew

בלתי נגיש

ניתן להגיע אליו רק בקושי רב או בכלל לא

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