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unclassifiable

  • a word derived from classifiable.
    classifiable
    adjective
    capable of being categorized or classified.
  • a word derived from classify.
    classify
    verb (used with object)
    to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.

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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

Nowadays, Euro-techno and power ballads remain popular, but viewers have also shown a taste for rock, folk-rap and eccentric and unclassifiable songs.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

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

The show was so stubbornly unclassifiable that it appears that HBO didn’t quite know what to do with it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

His next, the unclassifiable "Crock of Gold," was given the De Polignac Prize in 1914.

From Mary, Mary by Padraic Colum