- 1difficult or impossible to reach or to get They live in a remote area, inaccessible except by car. Dirt can collect in inaccessible places. inaccessible to somebody/something The temple is now inaccessible to the public. The human brain was thought to be inaccessible to experimental investigation.
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- 2(figurative) The language of teenagers is often completely inaccessible to (= not understood by) adults. opposite accessible
NAmE//ˌɪnəkˌsɛsəˈbɪlət̮i//
noun [uncountable]See inaccessible in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: inaccessible