unsearchable

[ uhn-sur-chuh-buhl ]

/ ʌnˈsɜr tʃə bəl /

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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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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”

Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

their

there

they're

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Origin of unsearchable

First recorded in 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

They proved that the roots of unity of these simpler polynomials all lie below a much smaller upper bound than the vast and unsearchable one associated with the more complicated polynomial.
Tetrahedron Solutions Finally Proved Decades After Computer Search|Kevin Hartnett|February 2, 2021|Quanta Magazine
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
This common wild rabbit has an ancestry of almost unsearchable antiquity.
The Hills and the Vale|Richard Jefferies
Opposite is the 'Dweller in the Innermost,' with deep, unsearchable eyes.
The Book of Art for Young People|Agnes Conway

The final issue will be seen, and the justice confessed, of all those 'ways' of God which are 'unsearchable and past finding out.'
Lux Mundi|Various
They that rightly take its lessons drink in living emanations from unsearchable Godhead.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 7: Hale to Farrar|Various
May His gospel of grace become more exceedingly precious as we gaze into its unsearchable wealth.
The Whole Armour of God|John Henry Jowett

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