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undiscoverable

undiscoverable

8.9
Not possible to find or learn where something is
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌndɪsˈkʌvərəbəl/
translation icon : indescubrible
  • Some truths about our past are undiscoverable, leaving many questions unanswered.

Examples

  • Theology (as well as atheism) is based on beliefs undiscoverable by science.

    Blog text (29)
  • The hidden treasure is undiscoverable without the ancient map.

  • "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

untraceable
vsundiscoverable
28 6.6

Cannot be found or connected to where it started

is centered on being impossible to locate rather than trace methods specifically
undetectable
vsundiscoverable
23 6.5

Very hard or impossible to notice

is about being unable to be located rather than merely unnoticed
unknowable
vsundiscoverable
19 7.4

Something you cannot find out or understand

is more about being impossible to locate than impossible to understand
unobtainable
vsundiscoverable
7 6.1

Impossible to get

concerns inability to be located rather than inability to be acquired
unobservable
vsundiscoverable
1 8.0

Not able to be seen or noticed when you look

is broader, covering inability to be located not only unseen cases
unsearchable
vsundiscoverable
1 7.7

Not possible to look through to find information

is focused on being impossible to locate rather than just hard to search
unfindable
vsundiscoverable
1 7.1

Very hard to find

is about being impossible to locate rather than only difficult to find
unascertainable
vsundiscoverable
9.8

Not possible to find out for certain

is about being impossible to locate by any search method
undeterminable
vsundiscoverable
7.6

It is not possible to know for sure

is about inability to be located rather than inability to decide or measure
unprocurable
vsundiscoverable
9.9

Not possible to find or buy

focuses on being impossible to locate rather than impossible to purchase or get
introuvable
vsundiscoverable
9.9

Very hard to find or get

is limited to being impossible to locate rather than also stressing rarity for buyers

How Discoverable

discoverable
3 2.9
undiscoverable
8.9

Surface Forms

undiscoverable positive

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'.