Usually means: Difficult to meet or engage.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word unapproachable:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. unapproachable: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unapproachable: Merriam-Webster
  3. unapproachable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unapproachable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. unapproachable: Collins English Dictionary
  6. unapproachable: Vocabulary.com
  7. unapproachable: Wordnik
  8. unapproachable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. unapproachable: Wiktionary
  10. unapproachable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. unapproachable: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. unapproachable: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. unapproachable: Dictionary.com
  14. unapproachable: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. unapproachable: Rhymezone
  16. unapproachable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. unapproachable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. unapproachable: FreeDictionary.org
  19. unapproachable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. unapproachable: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unapproachable: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Not accessible or able to be reached.
▸ adjective:  Aloof and unfriendly.
▸ adjective:  Without any serious competition; unbeatable.

Similar:
unreachable, unaccessible, inaccessible, unreached, standoffish, offish, out of reach, inapproachable, unnearable, approachless, more...

Opposite:
approachable, friendly, affable

Types:
unfriendly, distant, aloof, reserved, standoffish, introverted, antisocial, more...

Phrases:
socially unapproachable, opposite of unapproachable, cold and unapproachable, more...
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Similar:
unreachable, unaccessible, inaccessible, unreached, standoffish, offish, out of reach, inapproachable, unnearable, approachless, more...

Opposite:
approachable, friendly, affable

Types:
unfriendly, distant, aloof, reserved, standoffish, introverted, antisocial, more...

Phrases:
socially unapproachable, opposite of unapproachable, cold and unapproachable, more...



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