Meaning & use
inaccessible
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Impossible or very difficult to reach, enter, or obtain.
See it in a sentence
The remote village remained inaccessible for weeks after the bridge washed out.
Without a password, the encrypted files are completely inaccessible.
A note on using this word
Can describe physical places as well as abstract things like ideas, emotions, or opportunities that are hard to reach or understand.
Words with a similar meaning
unreachableunattainable
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Words with an opposite meaning
accessiblereachable
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