unfindable
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfaɪndəbl/
- Despite our efforts to locate the missing documents, they remain unfindable at this time.
Examples
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The rare manuscript was deemed unfindable after years of searching in libraries around the world.
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You think that I came to the most unfindable place in the galaxy for no reason at all?
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But when I look with wisdom, this tree is unfindable.
Blog text (25) -
Are you sure it isn't the sword unfindable?
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His parents were dead, Molly was unfindable; so Schiller was alone.
Fiction book (1998) -
The line you're in at the supermarket is always the slowest, the light you are trying to make always turns red, and the puzzle piece you most want to find is naturally the very one that is unfindable.
Academic text (1998) -
It's definitely important to find that right balance between Einstein and Oprah; too much of the former and the content is unreadable, too much of the latter and it's unfindable.
Blog text (1) -
It is sadly typical that this work, for which he conceived the plan, did most of the research, and wrote nearly all the notices, remained unfinished, was published quasi-anonymously in a very small print run, and is now as unfindable as it is indispensable.
Academic text (2006) -
When I lost my keys, I realized they had become completely unfindable among all my clutter.
Synonyms
Not able to be reached, used, or understood
Cannot be found or connected to where it started
Very hard or impossible to notice
Not easily seen or noticed
Impossible to get
Too difficult for people to reach or get
Not able to be seen or noticed when you look
Not possible to look through to find information
The eye cannot notice it
Not possible to find or learn where something is
Not possible to find out for certain
Very hard to find or get
Too small to be seen, heard, or noticed
Too small, slow, or quiet for people to notice
Antonyms
How Findable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unfindable is made from the small word at the start un- ('not') and the verb find ('to discover'), just like undo or unhappy. So, unfindable means 'not findable' or something you cannot locate.