Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not friendly; aloof.
- adjective Not accessible; inapproachable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- That cannot be approached or approximated; inaccessible; unattainable.
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- adjective
aloof and notfriendly - adjective not
accessible or able to bereached
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inaccessibly located or situated
- adjective discouraging intimacies; reserved
Etymologies
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Examples
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Greeff accused the police of been "unapproachable", improper and disrespectful to SANDU officials.
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Annie excluded herself carefully from this part of the programme, with a kind of unapproachable haughtiness which had three strains of stubbornness and one strain of fiery youthful anger in its composition, while it was a complete enigma to May.
A Houseful of Girls Sarah Tytler 1870
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Detractors, even within his fold, tell you Nitish is paying a price for turning "unapproachable" but the man himself is persuaded of the virtues of the new order.
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Kristen Stewart's fans are too scared to speak to her because she is so "unapproachable".
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Yes, anybody who has seen Keyes in action has to admit that although he comes off as kind of unapproachable, the guy is brilliant, always calm, methodical, and always has the facts at hand.
Hot Air » Top Picks 2008
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I had been making of her a creature goddess-like and unapproachable.
Chapter 27 2010
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Ultimately, this movie seems somewhat unapproachable at first and a bit difficult to digest.
28 « June « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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Ultimately, this movie seems somewhat unapproachable at first and a bit difficult to digest.
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With his wild shock of hair, bottle-brush mustache, and spectacles, Karl looked aloof and unapproachable.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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"Peaches and cream," she was called by the young men -- though softly and amongst themselves, for they were afraid of arousing the ire of the other girls, while they stood in awe of Genevieve, in a dimly religious way, as a something mysteriously beautiful and unapproachable.
Chapter 2 2010
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