unattainable
/ (ˌʌnəˈteɪnəbəl) /
not achievable or accomplishable: an unattainable goal
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How to use unattainable in a sentence
Instead, choose a set of metrics that you can calculate, and that won’t be unattainable, like the open rate below used by Contact Monkey.
Internal communication plan: How SMB marketing teams can achieve growth | Ronita Mohan | November 12, 2020 | Search Engine WatchQuince posits that high-quality staples shouldn’t be unattainable luxuries.
What sets his approach apart, colleagues say, is the pursuit of reproducible experimentation and statistical analysis that ecologists might traditionally have regarded as potentially unnatural and misleading, if not outright unattainable.
A Physicist’s Approach to Biology Brings Ecological Insights | Gabriel Popkin | October 13, 2020 | Quanta MagazineChronic skin conditions aren’t curable so chasing the unattainable goal of “perfect” skin set by the beauty industry did not fit with the new era of beauty that Topicals is pioneering.
The Gen Z founders of a boutique skincare brand tackling chronic skin conditions and stigma | Rachel King | September 13, 2020 | FortuneInternet services were very expensive and the internet was considered by many people in India to be an unattainable thing.
Podcast: How a 135-year-old law lets India shutdown the internet | Anthony Green | September 2, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Modern superheroes are too often modeled after the unattainable ideal.
Guardians of the Galaxy’s Chris Pratt Is the Everydude Superhero | Kevin Fallon | August 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBarbie has always been most reviled for her unattainable beauty and oozing sexuality.
For Madison Holleran, Kathy Ormsby, and Mary Wazeter, it was an easy commute from ambition to unattainable expectation.
Are Female Long-Distance Runners More Prone To Suicidal Depression? | Emily de la Bruyere | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow Kerry has offered the Palestinians an unattainable electric car of peace.
Kerry's Gas Field Plan Won't Make Palestine a Better Place | Matthew Kalman | May 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn addition, her job gave her access to a glamorous social scene that was previously unattainable.
Bernie Madoff’s Secretary Keeps Apologizing in ‘In God We Trust’ | Lloyd Grove | April 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI know I strive after the unattainable, but still every year I get nearer and nearer to the goal.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsYet it is unattainable virtue, while their God is not a moral governor, but subject to necessity.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordAnd with every day of such drudgery the heights of music and literature seemed further away and more unattainable.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairShe had no side-saddle, and it was very apparent that a firm seat upon the smooth leather beneath her was unattainable sideways.
Far from the Madding Crowd | Thomas HardyAy, surely unattainable, from the very fact that they are two instead of one.
The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis Stevenson
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