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unapproachable

[uhn-uh-proh-chuh-buhl] Origin

un·ap·proach·a·ble

[uhn-uh-proh-chuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
2.
impossible to equal or rival: unapproachable mastery of her art.

Origin:
1575–85; un-1 + approachable

un·ap·proach·a·bil·i·ty, un·ap·proach·a·ble·ness, noun
un·ap·proach·a·bly, adverb


1. inaccessible, aloof, distant, austere, cold.

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unapproachable (ˌʌnəˈprəʊtʃəbəl)
 
adj
1.  discouraging intimacy, friendliness, etc; aloof
2.  inaccessible
3.  not to be rivalled
 
unap'proachableness
 
n
 
unap'proachably
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

unapproachable
1581, of places, from un- (1) "not" + approach + -able. Of persons, "distant, aloof," attested from 1848.
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