unknowable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈnoʊ.ə.bəl/ (US)
Etymology
From un- + knowable.
Meanings
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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.
2004, George Carlin, “NINETY-NINE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 39:The mascot for the manosphere, Andrew Tate, believes that women belong at home, are a man’s property, and shouldn’t be able to drive. And an unknowable amount of young men are following this rhetoric through sites like Reddit, 4chan, and YouTube. But once they fall down the rabbit hole of the manosphere, is there any getting out?
2024 November 20, Fortesa Latifi, “How These Men Left the Manosphere — and Why Some May Never”, in Teen Vogue:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unknowable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unknowable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
explainable · limpid · comprehensible · perspicuous · knowable · understandable · clear · explicatable · illuminable · explicable · straightforward · intelligible · fathomable · lucid · graspable · tangible · apprehensible · pellucid
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
Greek · undecipherable · nonunderstandable · insolvable · bottomless · ungraspable · fathomless · undiscoverable · abstruse · ineffable · obscure · retruse · inexplicable · unexplainable · unknowable · incognizable · unfathomable · unintelligible · incomprehensible · dense · impenetrable · thick · ununderstandable · insoluble · insensible · inenubilable · enigmatic · tenebrose · Chinese · inscrutable · mysterious · inapprehensible · unintelligible
Translations (6)
hi अज्ञेय (not able to be known) · tr bilinmez (not able to be known) · ru непостижи́мый (not able to be known) · es incognoscible (not able to be known) · gu અલખ (not able to be known) · ru непознава́емый (not able to be known)