unknowable
Americanadjective
noun
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something that is unknowable.
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the Unknowable, the postulated reality lying behind all phenomena but not cognizable by any of the processes by which the mind cognizes phenomenal objects.
adjective
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incapable of being known or understood
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beyond human understanding
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( as noun )
the unknowable
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noun
Other Word Forms
- unknowableness noun
- unknowably adverb
Etymology
Origin of unknowable
Example Sentences
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How much this expertise actually influences the agency’s final decisions is unknowable from the outside.
Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo’s chief executive, acknowledges the risks of lurching into an unknowable future, but tells the author that “the risk of not going fast enough is far greater at this point.”
The writing is terrifically funny and also grounded, anecdotes filled with slapstick but no punchlines, befitting a story that includes hookups, weddings, children, a funeral and an unknowable future.
From Los Angeles Times
The river, at times hauntingly beautiful and others murky and unknowable, offers a mirror to Daniel's torment, and to the increasingly fragile hope of his wife, Agnieszka, that Chris will one day come home.
From Barron's
There are plenty of false alarms, carbon footprints and all, and the future is unknowable, but watch for symptoms.
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