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unfindable

unfindable

1 7.1
Very hard to find
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈfaɪndəbl/
translation icon : inubicable
  • Despite our efforts to locate the missing documents, they remain unfindable at this time.

Examples

  • The rare manuscript was deemed unfindable after years of searching in libraries around the world.

  • You think that I came to the most unfindable place in the galaxy for no reason at all?

  • But when I look with wisdom, this tree is unfindable.

    Blog text (25)
  • Are you sure it isn't the sword unfindable?

  • 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

inaccessible
vsunfindable
28 7.9

Not able to be reached, used, or understood

focuses on reachability rather than only difficulty of locating or discovering
untraceable
vsunfindable
28 6.6

Cannot be found or connected to where it started

focuses on being hard to locate, not only on losing track or identity
undetectable
vsunfindable
23 6.5

Very hard or impossible to notice

emphasizes being hard to find rather than only avoiding detection
obscure
vsunfindable
20 6.6

Not easily seen or noticed

means hard to locate but is milder and more about being hidden
unobtainable
vsunfindable
7 6.1

Impossible to get

relates to getting something rather than purely finding or locating it
untouchable
vsunfindable
3 7.7

Too difficult for people to reach or get

is about physical or social access, not only about being hard to locate
unobservable
vsunfindable
1 8.0

Not able to be seen or noticed when you look

applies to visual or direct sensing limits rather than general locating problems
unsearchable
vsunfindable
1 7.7

Not possible to look through to find information

is broader, applying to any hard locating, not only failed searches
unseeable
vsunfindable
1 8.4

The eye cannot notice it

refers to visual invisibility rather than overall impossibility of being found
undiscoverable
vsunfindable
8.9

Not possible to find or learn where something is

allows something to be extremely hard to locate rather than strictly impossible
unascertainable
vsunfindable
9.8

Not possible to find out for certain

stresses locating difficulty instead of uncertainty about factual truth
introuvable
vsunfindable
9.9

Very hard to find or get

matches locating difficulty but adds rarity and scarcity focus
imperceivable
vsunfindable
8.4

Too small to be seen, heard, or noticed

is about perception limits, not the act of locating or discovering objects
unperceivable
vsunfindable
9.1

Too small, slow, or quiet for people to notice

focuses on sensing difficulties rather than physical locating or discovery

Antonyms

1 2.8

Easy to discover when you search for it

1 4.2

Easy to find in a place or on a device

How Findable

easy
1.0
findable
1 2.8
unfindable
1 7.1

Surface Forms

unfindable positive

Morphology

unfindable = findable (transparent) = un + find + able

The adjective is formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the clear adjective 'findable' (find + -able), yielding 'not able to be found'.

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.