unsearchable

American  

[uhn-sur-chuh-buhl] / ʌnˈsɜr tʃə bəl /

adjective

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• unsearchableness noun
• unsearchably adverb

Etymology

Origin of unsearchable

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English unserchable. See un- ¹, searchable ( def. ),

Example Sentences

Amid outcry from Swift’s fans on social media, lawmakers and the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA, X made the Grammy winner’s name unsearchable on its platform over the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Some commended X’s decision to make her name unsearchable on Saturday, with one user calling it the “first step done to safeguard her.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2024

It was posted in 2009 but languished in the algorithmic scrap heap of YouTube on account of its weak, unsearchable title.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2019

Sony’s online database of stock footage was unsearchable.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2015

The Scythedom, she knew, had created its own algorithms for searching the unsearchable contents of the backbrain—but Citra couldn’t ask Scythe Curie without making her suspicious.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman