classifiable
adjective
capable of being categorized or classified.
unclassifiable
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a word derived from
classifiable.
-
a word derived from
classify.
Example Sentences
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The English group’s second album is a work of unclassifiable but bracingly original music, drawing on post-rock, jazz, folk, reggae and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Searching for comparisons, I flashed back to the theatrical work of Peter Handke, who in unclassifiable performance pieces like “Offending the Audience” forcefully deconstructed the spectator-spectacle relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2025
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s unclassifiable metaverse hit joined a rare club last month: It’s the 55th film in Oscar history to earn more than 10 nominations.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
Lesy’s unclassifiable book earns its portentous title, and its tone has influenced many disparate works of art.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
It will probably be necessary to have one subclass or group as broad as the definition of the class, to take unclassifiable matter and to provide for possible future inventions.
From The Classification of Patents by United States Patent Office
