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Antonyms for attainable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-tey-nuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : əˈteɪ nə bəl



Definition of attainable

Origin :
  • 1640s; see attain + -able. Related: Attainability.
  • adj within reach; achievable
Example sentences :
  • If this were not attainable, He would not have set so high a goal.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
  • To him knowledge, if only attainable in this world, is of all things the most divine.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
  • Trustworthy statistics relating to Mexico are not attainable.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • These results, however, are also attainable by flashes of genius, and not only by mere science.
  • Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
  • A certain degree of attainable good must be kept before them.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • Is beauty contrary to law, and grace attainable only through license?
  • Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
  • There were but few who could be so classed; and it was not all of them that were attainable.
  • Extract from : « Sense and Sensibility » by Jane Austen
  • Evening was before them in far-off but attainable perspective.
  • Extract from : « The Battery and the Boiler » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Excellence of the highest degree may not be attainable; if not, let us get the best we can.
  • Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
  • A moment after nine, and only the black mark was attainable.
  • Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill

Synonyms for attainable

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