unascertainable
- a word derived from ascertain.
Example Sentences
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In the letter he proved that the Past is as unascertainable as the Future.
From Time Magazine Archive
The German losses were, of course, unascertainable, but they were undoubtedly very much higher than ours.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.
In the light of these facts, what meaning can be attached to the statement that proportional systems only secure proportional representation in a limited and generally unascertainable degree?
From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by Humphreys, John H.
These variations are sometimes due to differences in the l116ife conditions, but generally causes for them are unascertainable, or the variations appear capricious.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
But there was certainly something uncanny about it, especially as from time to time noises and cries occurred there, which could not be heard outside the room and whose origin was unascertainable.
From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas
