unidentifiable
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˌʌnɪˈdɛntɪfaɪəbl/
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no identificable
- She found an unidentifiable object in the garden that sparked her curiosity about its origin.
- unidentifiable human remains
- unidentifiable human
- culturally unidentifiable
Do make them unidentifiable and make sure you you give us permission to share them if you want to.
- Do make them unidentifiable and make sure you you give us permission to share them if you want to.
- You have buildings which are and which the entrances to the buildings are unidentifiable.
Examples
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The coroner ultimately exhumed the remains of five victims and parts of at least eight additional unidentifiable corpses.
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A faint noise in the distance remained unidentifiable until a door in the corridor slid open.
Fiction book (2000) -
April also found images from the Internet for students who wanted to focus on unidentifiable characters.
Academic text (2015) -
We hear all the unidentifiable sounds of night in the woods.
Fiction book (1992) -
There was an unusual, unidentifiable voice that appeared on that audio.
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In the black-and-white image, we see a figure posed against a dark and unidentifiable background.
Academic text (2014) -
Of the dozens of witnesses, most admitted under questioning that they saw only a shadow or some unidentifiable form.
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I think we'd notice the eighth unidentifiable person lurking in the shadows.
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Meanwhile, Mariel struggled with unidentifiable coins, credit cards, phone cards, and Spanish recordings she couldn't understand.
Fiction book (1999) -
His eyes flared with an emotion, unidentifiable to Katya, that seemed to hover in the space between laughter and hurt.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
∞
4.2
Not known or named
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2.3
Not known or named, often with no name given
47
4.8
Does not have special features that make it stand out
38
5.9
A person or place with no features that make it stand out
28
6.6
Cannot be found or connected to where it started
22
5.8
Hard to tell who or what something is because it looks very different
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4.2
Not known or noticed by other people
Cannot be told apart from something else
A person who does not stand out and is easy to forget
Not possible for people to know or understand
Antonyms
How Identifiable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unidentifiable = identifiable (transparent) = un + identify + able
The adjective is formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'identifiable' (identify + -able), a straightforward negation.
Etymology
The word unidentifiable is made from un- 'not', identify 'to know who or what something is' and -able 'can be'. So it means 'not able to be known or recognized'.