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unidentifiable

  • a word derived from identifiable.
    identifiable
    adjective
    able to be identified.
  • a word derived from identify.
    identify
    verb (used with object)
    to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of.
  • a word derived from unidentified.
    unidentified
    adjective
    not identified or recognized

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Nuttakarn told AFP the family consider themselves "fortunate that they were able to verify his identity accurately because his body wasn't burned to the point of being unidentifiable".

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

But instead of it matching Malkinson, it was from an unidentifiable man.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

More than 100 people died in the flood, according to Indian authorities, and many of the bodies that were found were unidentifiable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The music was in my head or, if you are willing to get spiritual about it, in an unidentifiable ether.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

They turn right and left, past a walnut tree like a giant charred toothpick jammed into the ground, past two crows picking at something unidentifiable, until they reach the base of the ramparts.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr