unmistakable

[uhn-mi-stey-kuh-buhl]

adjective

1. not mistakable; clear; obvious.

unmistakable

/ ˌʌnmɪsˈteɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. not mistakable; clear, obvious, or unambiguous

Other Word Forms

• unmistakableness noun
• unmistakably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmistakable¹

First recorded in 1660–70; un- ¹ + mistakable

Example Sentences

Before long, the delicious, unmistakable smell of baking bread was carried on the early spring breeze.

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But those eyes were unmistakable—dark as twin smudges of pitch, dangerous as a pair of bottomless wells.

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From somewhere inside the house it came: the unmistakable sound of howling and barking.

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Endowed with a formidable hauteur, her Jocasta acts graciously, but with an unmistakable note of condescension.

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Taking to the skies in its unmistakable white and orange aircraft, EasyJet is celebrating 30 years since its first ever flight from Luton Airport to Glasgow.

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Related Words

• apparent 
• conspicuous 
• distinct 
• evident 
• explicit 
• indisputable 
• obvious 
• palpable 
• pronounced 
• straightforward 
• unambiguous 
• unequivocal