Christianity set itself the goal of fulfilling man's unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignored his attainable desires.
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Unattainable
//ˌʌnəˈteɪnəbəl//
Synonyms for "unattainable" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- недостижим adj (impossible to attain)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不可企及的 adj (impossible to attain)
- 高不可攀的 adj (impossible to attain)
Czech
2 entries- nedosažitelný adj (impossible to attain)
- nedostupný adj (impossible to attain)
Danish
1 entries- uopnåelig adj (impossible to attain)
Dutch
1 entries- onbereikbaar adj (impossible to attain)
Finnish
1 entries- saavuttamaton adj (impossible to attain)
French
1 entries- inatteignable adj (impossible to attain)
German
2 entries- nicht machbar adj (impossible to attain)
- unerreichbar adj (impossible to attain)
Greek
1 entries- ανέφικτος adj (impossible to attain)
Italian
1 entries- inattingibile adj (impossible to attain)
Latin
1 entries- inaccessus adj (impossible to attain)
Manx
2 entries- gyn roshtyn adj (impossible to attain)
- neuroshtynagh adj (impossible to attain)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uoppnåelig adj (impossible to attain)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- uoppnåeleg adj (impossible to attain)
Polish
3 entries- niedosięgły adj (impossible to attain)
- niedosiężny adj (impossible to attain)
- nieosiągalny adj (impossible to attain)
Portuguese
2 entries- inalcançável adj (impossible to attain)
- inatingível adj (impossible to attain)
Russian
2 entries- недостижи́мый adj (impossible to attain)
- недоступный adj (impossible to attain)
Spanish
1 entries- inconseguible adj (impossible to attain)
Swedish
1 entries- ouppnåelig adj (impossible to attain)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I longed for something unattainable.
Source: tatoeba (1861733)
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.
Source: tatoeba (2889331)
Forvo is an international project which has set itself an unattainable goal and therefore always achieves opposite results.
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