unknowable

adjective

un·know·able ˌən-ˈnō-ə-bəl

Synonyms of unknowable next

: not knowable

especially : lying beyond the limits of human experience or understanding

unknowability

ˌən-ˌnō-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē

noun

Examples of unknowable in a Sentence

a God whose nature is unknown and unknowable

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This take, originally released for Chinese audiences back in 2023, faithfully adapts Liu's award-winning novel of humanity's first contact with an almost unknowable alien species and the impact that their impending arrival on Earth has on humanity. —

Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024 The biography’s theme is that Carson is essentially unknowable. —

Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024 Daemon has spent several episodes (and some completely unknowable amount of in-world time) messing around at Harrenhal and taking whatever hallucinogens Alys Rivers slips into his tea. —

Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024 Hanks never reaches for effect and remains spiritually and physically calm: His Mr. Rogers is unknowable, unfathomable, but absolutely irresistible. —

Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unknowable