as in ambiguous
not able to be known
No matter how far science advances, some things about the world will always remain unknown and unknowable. If passed, this law will have unknowable consequences.
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Recent Examples of unknowable
Now physicists are connecting those unknowable mathematical systems with an increasing number of physical ones and thereby beginning to map out the hard boundary of knowability in their field as well.
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Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
The collective result, in this telling, is a new Trump Administration with a vast potential for power and limited constraint, whose future is unknowable but seems certain, one way or another, to leave a profound imprint on American life.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Whether Ukraine will prevail remains, for the moment, unknowable.
—Rebecca Donner, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The big theme of this episode is about how terrible the unknowable is.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
The collective result, in this telling, is a new Trump Administration with a vast potential for power and limited constraint, whose future is unknowable but seems certain, one way or another, to leave a profound imprint on American life.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Whether Ukraine will prevail remains, for the moment, unknowable.
—Rebecca Donner, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The big theme of this episode is about how terrible the unknowable is.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unknowable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknowable
Adjective
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Storm clouds loomed over Europe, and Adolf Hitler's ambitions were not ambiguous for anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear—especially U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Timing for the start of production is likewise ambiguous.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Purple honey is a rare honey that has a purple color and a mysterious origin.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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That includes the appearance of a brand new character, Lewis Pullman's mysterious Bob, a.k.a.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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These renderings obscure just how much conventional warfare took place in Vietnam.—
Made by History,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Parsing a FromSoftware game's obscure plot is as tricky as taking down its brutal enemies.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Julianne Moore toes the line between enigmatic socialite and cult leader in the new trailer for Sirens, a new limited series premiering May 22 on Netflix.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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The city—ever elegant, ever enigmatic—set the stage for one of the magazine’s most iconic stories: The Last Waltz, Mario Testino’s sweeping September 2006 editorial starring Natalia Vodianova as a modern-day empress gliding through Schönbrunn and beyond.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Neutral weather conditions bring uncertain weather risks An ENSO-neutral pattern can bring drier-than-normal weather, or drought conditions could persist in certain regions.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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The uncertain fate of his best friend impacts Si-eun throughout the season.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Audiences hoping for a gonzo bloodbath will be disappointed that Finnegan keeps his morality murky.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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The legality of phones in schools, and the sharing of private photos, is murky.—
Adaira Landry,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Also unclear is whether a tariff would apply to movies already in production overseas, or partially in foreign countries, like Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which has been shooting in Morocco, with plans for other locations including Sicily.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
4 May 2025
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Others say Alhurra withered under an unclear mandate that never allowed the channel to find its identity and therefore audiences.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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“Unknowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknowable. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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