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noun • disparagement of something that is unattainable | ||||||||
40% | 15 | The state of being unattainable or unattainable | ||||||
noun • The fact of being unattainable, of not being able to be reached or acquired. | ||||||||
29% | 6 | Something illusory and unattainable | ||||||
noun • an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects • something illusory and unattainable | ||||||||
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