Synonyms for unachievable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-cheev |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈtʃiv |
Top 10 synonyms for unachievable
- absurd
- aloof
- away
- bad
- beyond
- beyond reach
- beyond recall
- contrary to reason
- cureless
- cynical
- dejected
- demoralized
- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraging
- downhearted
- elusive
- far
- far-off
- faraway
- fatal
- forlorn
- gone
- goner
- hardly possible
- helpless
- hundred-to-one
- ill-fated
- impervious
- impossible
- impracticable
- impractical
- in despair
- inapproachable
- incurable
- inexecutable
- infeasible
- insurmountable
- irrealizable
- irredeemable
- irreparable
- irreversible
- irrevocable
- lost
- menacing
- no-go
- no-way
- no-win
- not a prayer
- not at hand
- out of the question
- out of the way
- out-of-the-way
- past hope
- pointless
- preposterous
- sad
- shot down
- sinister
- sunk
- threatening
- too much
- tragic
- unachievable
- unapproachable
- unavailing
- uncorrectable
- unfeasible
- unfortunate
- ungettable
- unmitigable
- unobtainable
- unreachable
- unrealizable
- unreasonable
- unrecoverable
- unthinkable
- unworkable
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- visionary
- way out
- woebegone
- worsening
Définition of unachievable
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French achever (12c.) "to finish, accomplish, complete," from phrase à chef (venir) "at an end, finished," or Vulgar Latin *accapare, from Late Latin ad caput (venire); both the French and Late Latin phrases meaning literally "to come to a head," from stem of Latin caput "head" (see capitulum).
- The Lat. caput, towards the end of the Empire, and in Merov[ingian] times, took the sense of an end, whence the phrase ad caput venire, in the sense of to come to an end .... Venire ad caput naturally produced the Fr. phrase venir à chef = venir à bout. ... From this chief, O.Fr. form of chef (q.v.) in sense of term, end, comes the Fr. compd. achever = venir à chef, to end, finish. [Auguste Brachet, "An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language," transl. G.W. Kitchin, Oxford, 1878]
- Related: Achieved; achieving.
- As in inaccessible : adj out of reach
- As in unfeasible : adj not feasible
- As in inapproachable : adj inaccessible
- As in irremediable : adj hopeless
- As in unattainable : adj inaccessible
- As in unattainable : adj impossible
- As in unreachable : adj inaccessible
- As in unrealizable : adj impossible
- As in unworkable : adj impossible
- As in hopeless : adj futile, pessimistic
- As in impossible : adj beyond the bounds of possibility
- A huge "battlefield" stun grenade that encompasses large areas is a dramatic if unachievable illustration.
- Extract from : « Shock and Awe » by Harlan K. Ullman
Antonyms for unachievable
- accessible
- achievable
- approachable
- auspicious
- behaving
- believable
- bright
- cheerful
- close
- conceivable
- encouraging
- expectant
- feasible
- friendly
- good
- governable
- happy
- hopeful
- imaginable
- joyful
- logical
- manageable
- near
- nearby
- obtainable
- open
- optimistic
- possible
- practical
- promising
- propitious
- reachable
- reasonable
- rosy
- sensible
- tenable
- tolerable
- warm
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