Definitions

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  • adjective Impossible to come near; unapproachable.

Etymologies

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un- + near + -able

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Examples

  • And consequently Derick and all his host were now in valiant chase of this unnearable brute.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • Nor with the immemorial superstition of their race, and in accordance with the preternaturalness, as it seemed, which in many things invested the Pequod, were there wanting some of the seamen who swore that whenever and wherever descried; at however remote times, or in however far apart latitudes and longitudes, that unnearable spout was cast by one selfsame whale; and that whale,

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • Nor with the immemorial superstition of their race, and in accordance with the preternaturalness, as it seemed, which in many things invested the Pequod, were there wanting some of the seamen who swore that whenever and wherever descried; at however remote times, or in however far apart latitudes and longitudes, that unnearable spout was cast by one selfsame whale; and that whale, Moby Dick.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • And consequently Derick and all his host were now in valiant chase of this unnearable brute.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • And consequently Derick and all his host were now in valiant chase of this unnearable brute.

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • Nor with the immemorial superstition of their race, and in accordance with the preternaturalness, as it seemed, which in many things invested the Pequod, were there wanting some of the seamen who swore that whenever and wherever descried; at however remote times, or in however far apart latitudes and longitudes, that unnearable spout was cast by one self-same whale; and that whale, Moby Dick.

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • Nor with the immemorial superstition of their race, and in accordance with the preternaturalness, as it seemed, which in many things invested the Pequod, were there wanting some of the seamen who swore that whenever and wherever descried; at however remote times, or in however far apart latitudes and longitudes, that unnearable spout was cast by one self-same whale; and that whale, Moby Dick.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • And consequently Derick and all his host were now in valiant chase of this unnearable brute.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

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