unidentifiable

adjective

un·iden·ti·fi·able ˌən-ī-ˌden-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl

-ə-ˌden-

: impossible to identify : not identifiable

an unidentifiable odor

unidentifiably

ˌən-ī-ˌden-tə-ˈfī-ə-blē

-ə-ˌden-

adverb

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The cell floor, like all the others, was covered with unidentifiable stains and strewn with grimy gray blankets and bits of clothing. —

Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024 The Monastery had been tidied up: no garbage, no unidentifiable liquid waste. —

Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024 Style means dress that is mostly unidentifiable, that doesn’t have logos all over it or seem immediately associated with a specific decade. —

Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 Hours after the killing, Jose Ibarra was also captured wearing different clothes from the dumpster Ring footage while discarding unidentifiable items in a bag in another dumpster at his apartment complex, Ross said. —

Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unidentifiable

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unidentifiable was circa 1909

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“Unidentifiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unidentifiable. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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