inaccessible
adjective
in·ac·ces·si·ble
ˌi-nik-ˈse-sə-bəl 
(ˌ)i-ˌnak-
: not accessible
an inaccessible area
an inaccessible goal
Examples of inaccessible in a Sentence
The area is inaccessible by road.
His prose is inaccessible to many readers.
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Working with our partners – as of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance.
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Studying such a physically and philosophically inaccessible topic is fundamentally different from other types of science—those quests at least exist in our plane of space and time.
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Patel said investigators recovered the footage using residual data from backend systems after recording devices at Guthrie’s home were removed or rendered inaccessible.
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For 50 years, the Holy Grail of Elvis Presley footage — 10 professionally shot concerts from the early Seventies — sat deep in a Kansas salt mine, completely inaccessible to the public.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
Studying such a physically and philosophically inaccessible topic is fundamentally different from other types of science—those quests at least exist in our plane of space and time.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
Patel said investigators recovered the footage using residual data from backend systems after recording devices at Guthrie’s home were removed or rendered inaccessible.
—Stepheny Price , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
For 50 years, the Holy Grail of Elvis Presley footage — 10 professionally shot concerts from the early Seventies — sat deep in a Kansas salt mine, completely inaccessible to the public.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Inaccessible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inaccessible. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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inaccessible
adjective
in·ac·ces·si·ble
ˌin-ik-ˈses-ə-bəl
(ˌ)in-ˌak-
: not accessible
an inaccessible area
an inaccessible goal
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