unknowable
adjective
not knowable; incapable of being known or understood.
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Unknowablenounphilosophy the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
unknowable
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[uhn-noh-uh-buhl]
/ ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl /
adjective
noun
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something that is unknowable.
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the Unknowable, the postulated reality lying behind all phenomena but not cognizable by any of the processes by which the mind cognizes phenomenal objects.
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/ ʌnˈnəʊəbəl /
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incapable of being known or understood
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beyond human understanding
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( as noun )
the unknowable
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/ ʌnˈnəʊəbəl /
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Etymology
Origin of unknowable
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at un- 1, knowable
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Whether they noted these changes – or connected them to any distant event – is unknowable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
How much they’d help, and whether it’s already too late, are unknowable.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Its chief ambition is endurance: it must survive transit, uncertain demand and an unknowable stretch between gates.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Finally, there’s the unknowable but certain catastrophes the next governor will face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
And then Erin and I are kissing on a new roof, under the same endless unknowable space above, and somehow we’re okay.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
Unknowable and terrifying, the workings of the mind can feel like a supernatural force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
Unknowable today is whether E.U. policymakers will stick with their program or undercut the policy when prices start to rise, as they have in the past.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2021
Unknowable — so no need to judge too harshly.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2017
Hardoon's topic--tonight and every Thursday, to packed classes--is how to align oneself with "the Light," the never-ending mystical emanation of the Unknowable God, Ein Sof.
From Time Magazine Archive
We ought to think of Him as the Absolutely Unknowable.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods
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