unattainability
Example Sentences
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Angela Bassett's righteous edge in speaking about the unattainability of the white American dream in its fullness comes from a real and felt place, and you'll feel it too.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2020
The play's structure--overlapping reminiscences and flashbacks--suggests the unattainability of objective truth and the aching burden of memory.
From Time Magazine Archive
This theme does not easily catch the modern fancy; after all, the roll of centuries has only emphasized the unattainability of Dion's dream.
From Time Magazine Archive
To a woman there is no subtler flattery than a man's dumb acknowledgement of her unattainability.
From Then I'll Come Back to You by Larry Evans
The virtue of an ideal is its unattainability.
From The Feast of St. Friend by Arnold Bennett
