indiscoverable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of indiscoverable
First recorded in 1630–40; in- 3 + discoverable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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But we at times hear sounds more extraordinary, of which the origin and cause are indiscoverable by us, and which produce in us the profoundest awe and terror.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
This does not mean according to the date of their composition, which in most cases is quite indiscoverable, and still less, according to the dates of the MSS. in which they are contained.
From The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland by Reid, Stephen
And if Drimdarroch had seemed ill to find from Doom, he was absolutely indiscoverable here.
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
His senses reeled amid the din and rattle of classes where discipline was unknown and intelligence almost indiscoverable.
From The Unclassed by Gissing, George
Not long before he had seen it in the thicket, but now it was indiscoverable, however much he would have preferred to observe the storm from its shelter.
From The Precipice by Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich
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