inaccessible

From Middle French inaccessible, from Late Latin inaccessibilis, equivalent to in- +‎ accessible.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəkˈsɛsɪbl̩/

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inaccessible (comparative more inaccessible, superlative most inaccessible)

1. Not able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.

   Synonym: unaccessible

   Antonym: accessible

   physically inaccessible

   remote and inaccessible

   The village was inaccessible during the winter.

   Much of the archive remains inaccessible to the public.

   • 1642, James Howell, “Section X”, in Instructions for Forreine Travell. […], London: […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC, pages 132–133:

     [T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]

   • 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin.

2. Not able to be reached; unattainable.

   Synonym: unaccessible

   Antonym: accessible

inaccessible (plural inaccessibles)

1. (mathematics) An uncountable regular cardinal number that is a limit cardinal.

From Late Latin inaccessibilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.nək.səˈsib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.nak.seˈsi.ble]

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inaccessible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaccessibles)

1. inaccessible
2. unapproachable

• accessible

• accedir
• accés

• “inaccessible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Late Latin inaccessibilis. By surface analysis, in- +‎ accessible.

• IPA^(key): /i.nak.sɛ.sibl/ ~ /i.nak.se.sibl/

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inaccessible (plural inaccessibles)

1. inaccessible

• “inaccessible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012