🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Inalcançável

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inalkɐ̃ˈsavɛl

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unattainable/ˌʌn.əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O sonho de uma sociedade perfeita pode parecer inalcançável para muitos."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not able to be achieved or reached.

    "The dream of a perfect society may seem unattainable to many."
  2. 2

    Impossible to obtain or accomplish.

    "Her goals felt unattainable given the current circumstances."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'unattainable' is derived from the prefix 'un-', meaning 'not', and the root 'attain', which comes from the Old French 'atteindre', itself from the Latin 'attingere', meaning 'to touch, reach'. The term has evolved to signify something that cannot be achieved or reached.

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