unfindable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unfindable
1785–95; un- 1 + findable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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And last year the long unfindable “Drylongso” came out of obscurity with a restoration, theatrical release and induction in the Criterion Collection.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
The unpredictable nature can mean a ball in a good lie and one that’s almost unfindable in a span of a couple feet.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2021
Moreover, as anyone who’s ever owned a remote control can tell you, new technologies themselves are often infuriatingly unfindable, a problem made worse by the trend toward ever smaller gadgets.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017
Full disclosure: I did have a tendency to whip that 2-iron left in a roundhouse hook that would end up unfindable or un-want-to-findable.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 16, 2013
The lawful owner may be dead, or unfindable among the living; but wherever he may be, he never intended that the thief should enjoy the fruit of his crime.
From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)
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