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Antonyms for accessible

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ak-ses-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ækˈsɛs ə bəl

Definition of accessible

Origin :
  • c.1400, "affording access," from Middle French accessible, from Late Latin accessibilis, verbal adjective from Latin accessus "a coming near, approach" (see access (n.)). Meaning "easy to reach" is from 1640s; Of art or writing, "able to be readily understood," 1961 (a term not needed in the years before writing or art often deliberately was made not so).
  • adj approachable; ready for use
Example sentences :
  • The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • "Accessible in two hundred years, all right," insisted Dick serenely.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • When sober, he was accessible, conversable, and devoid of pride.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • He had first of all to build 350 miles of railroad to make the spot at all accessible.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • All parts are then exposed, and accessible for inspection and repairs.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The temple, it is true, often stood within some sort of precinct, but it was accessible to all.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • Ptolemy had, however, few of those sources of knowledge which are now accessible.
  • Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
  • Most of our data antedate him, or were contemporaneous with him, or were as accessible to him as to us.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • There was an opening in it which was accessible by a ladder.
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
  • Numerous revelations were given, and these are accessible to all who will read.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

Synonyms for accessible

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