inaccessible

/ɪnækˈsɛsɪbəl/

/ɪnækˈsɛsɪbəl/

Can't get to something you want? It must be inaccessible. If it were accessible, you wouldn't have any trouble finding it.

This word makes a lot of sense when you think about the word access, which is the ability to get at, use, or have something. Inaccessible things are out of reach. There are a lot of ways this word is used. A building without a ramp is often called inaccessible because people who use wheelchairs can't get in. People can be inaccessible too. If your doctor has office hours only one hour a day every two months, she's really inaccessible.

Definitions of inaccessible

1. adjective

   capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all
   synonyms: unaccessible

   outback, remote

   inaccessible and sparsely populated;

   pathless, roadless, trackless, untracked, untrod, untrodden

   lacking pathways

   out of reach, unapproachable, unreachable, unreached

   inaccessibly located or situated

   un-come-at-able, un-get-at-able, ungetatable

   difficult to reach or attain

   antonyms:

   accessible

   capable of being reached

   approachable, reachable

   easily approached

   come-at-able, get-at-able, getatable

   capable of being reached or attained

   handy, ready to hand

   easy to reach

   convenient

   suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
2. adjective

   not capable of being obtained
   “a rare work, today almost inaccessible”

   synonyms: unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable

   unavailable

   not available or accessible or at hand