unachievable
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + achievable.
Adjective
[edit]unachievable (not comparable)
- That cannot be achieved (or only with great difficulty).
- 2015 October 23, Cillian McGrattan, The Politics of Trauma and Peace-Building: Lessons from Northern Ireland, Abington, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 2:
- However, the limitations of a storytelling project such as this seems to be that the notion of validation is unachievable mainly because it falls short of the so-called 'Hitchens's razor': that 'that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence'.
- 2021 November 3, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rolling stock concerns as '701s' "not fit for purpose"”, in RAIL, number 943, page 21:
- Driver training has yet to take place, making SWR's promise of entry into passenger service this year looking unachievable.
Translations
[edit]that cannot be achieved
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