unobtainium

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˌʌn.əbˈteɪ.ni.əm/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /(ˌ)ʌn.ɒbˈteɪ.nɪ.əm/ or /-əb-/

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• Hyphenation: un‧ob‧tain‧i‧um

Noun

Singular unobtainium

Plural none

1. (humor) (neologism) Unobtainium is a fictional material that has extraordinary properties and is considered very difficult, maybe even impossible, to obtain.

   Science-fiction works have a lot of devices that could not even exist if they were not made of unobtainium!

Related words

• unobtainable