unrelatable
Hard to connect
Unrelatable describes something others cannot identify with or connect to emotionally.
A character in a film may be unrelatable if their experiences feel alien to viewers: The billionaire protagonist was completely unrelatable.
The word emerged as the negative of relatable, which itself gained currency in the late twentieth century to describe shared human experience.
Kept safe from harm
- eliteSuperior select group
- ivory-towerSheltered intellectual enclave
- entitledHaving rightful claim
- cluelessLacking any understanding
oblivious · pampered · bubble · disconnected · tone-deaf · insulated · removed · rarified
Separated from a source
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- inapplicableNot relevant to this
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- extraneousNot pertinent or essential
unconnected · off-topic · inconsequential · peripheral · moot · tone-deaf · mismatched · incongruent
Causing emotional separation
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- distantFar away or aloof
- detachedApart or uninvolved
cold · aloof · off-putting · isolating · unapproachable · unfriendly · indifferent · remote
Unknown to most
- esotericAccessible to few
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- abstruseDifficult to comprehend
- opaqueImpassable to light
inscrutable · cryptic · impenetrable · unfathomable · enigmatic · bewildering · confusing · alien
sheltered
Kept safe from harm
- eliteSuperior select group
- ivory-towerSheltered intellectual enclave
- entitledHaving rightful claim
clueless · oblivious · pampered · bubble · disconnected · tone-deaf · insulated · removed · rarified · untouchable
disconnected
Separated from a source
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- inapplicableNot relevant to this
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
extraneous · unconnected · off-topic · inconsequential · peripheral · moot · tone-deaf · mismatched · incongruent · disjointed
alienating
Causing emotional separation
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- distantFar away or aloof
detached · cold · aloof · off-putting · isolating · unapproachable · unfriendly · indifferent · remote · withdrawn
obscure
Unknown to most
opaque · inscrutable · cryptic · impenetrable · unfathomable · enigmatic · bewildering · confusing · alien · foreign
unrelatablerelatable
Easy to identify with
identifiable · resonant · sympathetic · moving · familiar
unrelatableapproachable
Easy to engage with
accessible · down-to-earth · personable · warm · everyman
related, relation, relate, relationship, relative, relations, unrelated, relatively, relationships