unknowable
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unknowable
- /ʌnˈnoʊ.ə.bəl/ US
Rhymes with -əʊəbəl
Where it comes from
From un- + knowable.
adjective more unknowable · most unknowable
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Not knowable; not able to be known.
Number fourteen: Some of the things you need to know are things that are unknowable.
Similar: unintelligible, abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, bottomless, Greek, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, ineffable · Opposite: knowable, apprehensible, clear, limpid, comprehensible, explainable, explicable, explicatable, fathomable, graspable, illuminable, intelligible
noun unknowables
- Something that cannot be known. That night I think of other unknowables. How much love does one need in a lifetime? Is there a quantity of brain space that is allocated to love? And for those of us who have loved less, does this space become occupied by something else? Like cricket, or religion, perhaps.
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adj not able to be known
| Español | incognoscible |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | अज्ञेय agyey |
| Русский | непостижи́мый nepostižímyj, непознава́емый nepoznavájemyj |
Talk about this word "unknowable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/unknowable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. unknowable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unknowable "unknowable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unknowable.Cite this
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