unsearchable

[ uhn-sur-chuh-buh l ]

/ ʌnˈsɜr tʃə bəl /

adjective

not searchable; not lending itself to research or exploration; not to be understood by searching; hidden; unfathomable; mysterious: the unsearchable ways of the universe.

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Origin of unsearchable

1350–1400; Middle English unserchable. See un-¹, searchable

OTHER WORDS FROM unsearchable

un·search·a·ble·ness, nounun·search·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby unsearchable

unscripted, unscrupulous, unseal, unsealed, unseam, unsearchable, unseasonable, unseasonal, unseasoned, unseat, unseaworthy

Example sentences from the Web for unsearchable

Today, Chen is unsearchable on Weibo, as is any language that might refer to the case.
China’s Great Firewall: Citizens Clueless About Chen Guangchen|Dan Levin|May 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!
History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2)|George Washington Williams
I looked into her unsearchable face, but could draw thence nothing but fear.
Uncle Silas|J. S. LeFanu
May His gospel of grace become more exceedingly precious as we gaze into its unsearchable wealth.
The Whole Armour of God|John Henry Jowett

There fell from him a Scripture expression, that "the hearts of kings are unsearchable."
The Journal to Stella|Jonathan Swift
And such are God's unsearchable judgments and his ways past tracing out.
Epistle Sermons, Vol. III|Martin Luther

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