Unattainableness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or character of being unattainable, or beyond reach.
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  • noun. The condition of being unattainable
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  • noun. the state of being unattainable
  • Word Usage
    "Desire also is stopped or abated by the opinion of the impossibility or unattainableness of the good proposed, as far as the uneasiness is cured or allayed by that consideration."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract