unobtainium
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Pronunciation
[change]- (US) IPA (key): /ˌʌn.əbˈteɪ.ni.əm/
- (UK) IPA (key): /(ˌ)ʌn.ɒbˈteɪ.nɪ.əm/ or /-əb-/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: un‧ob‧tain‧i‧um
Noun
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- (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!