undiscoverable
- adjective
- /ˌʌndɪsˈkʌvərəbəl/
- Some truths about our past are undiscoverable, leaving many questions unanswered.
Examples
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Theology (as well as atheism) is based on beliefs undiscoverable by science.
Blog text (29) -
The hidden treasure is undiscoverable without the ancient map.
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"That certainly does not mean that it would not be, but only that its being would be undiscoverable."
Fiction book (1990) -
If engineers must use the power in the vacuum, and those engineers have yet to evolve, then they will be undiscoverable.
Fiction book (2000) -
The critic, he argues, must possess a faculty that is rare at all times, and in times of crisis, nearly undiscoverable.
Academic text (1991) -
Because "we write what we know," if you're reading the blog, there's a chance you may see "yourself" (disguised via moniker, hopefully undiscoverable as yourself, distorted by point 7 below) on these pages.
Blog text (27) -
Many aspects of the universe remain undiscoverable with current technology.
Synonyms
Cannot be found or connected to where it started
Very hard or impossible to notice
Something you cannot find out or understand
Impossible to get
Not able to be seen or noticed when you look
Not possible to look through to find information
Very hard to find
Not possible to find out for certain
It is not possible to know for sure
Not possible to find or buy
Very hard to find or get
How Discoverable
Surface Forms
Morphology
undiscoverable = discoverable (transparent) = un + discover + able
Adding the productive negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'discoverable' yields a predictable meaning 'not able to be discovered'.
Etymology
Undiscoverable combines un- ('not') and discover, which originally meant to take off a 'cover' so you can see what is under it, like lifting a lid. So undiscoverable describes something you cannot find or cannot be found, i.e., 'impossible to discover'.