inaccess

English

Etymology

Superficially in- +‎ access. Perhaps a back-formation from inaccessible.

Noun

inaccess (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Lack of access.
    • 1991, United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, National Energy Strategy: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, [...] Electric Utility Reform, page 314:
      For example, on extraction of 100,000 barrels a day of crude oil in California, hampered by the inaccess to natural gas, where the key barrier was a 442 mile pipeline on Federal lands that our own forestry department was sitting on […]
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:inaccess.
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