unfindable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unfindable
1785–95; un- 1 + findable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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While she was gone for two weeks, the dune grass grew so tall that the carcass was unfindable upon her return.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021
“It just became part of my norm to be unfindable, ungettable and private. I’ve always been such an individualist, and learning to have roots is something that’s coming to me later in life.”
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2017
I was about ready to declare them unfindable when all of a sudden I turned a corner, and there they were.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 27, 2017
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
The book is a magnificent quest for an unfindable hero, but it is not the French Revolution.
From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)
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