inaccessible

adjective

ˌi-nik-ˈse-sə-bəl How to pronounce inaccessible (audio)
Definition of inaccessiblenext
as in unavailable
hard or impossible to get to or get at the tumor is centered in an inaccessible part of the brain

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Recent Examples of inaccessible But even for Haitians in the capital, the city remains inaccessible due to the gangs control of roads and its tiny airport. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025 By 2021, Monk had figured out how to count up all sorts of geodesics that had previously been inaccessible. — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025 This level of functionality enables even greater access to activities and places that may have previously been inaccessible for individuals with mobility challenges. — Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025 This includes widespread data collection without community consent, AI models that remain inaccessible to the communities whose data trained them, commercial exploitation of cultural and social information, and limited community input in AI development and deployment. — Hessie Jones, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inaccessible

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