unidentifiable
adjective
un·iden·ti·fi·able
ˌən-ī-ˌden-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl 
-ə-ˌden-
: impossible to identify : not identifiable
an unidentifiable odor
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Not every report of an unidentified flying object turns out to be unidentifiable.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
The Goalkeeper — nameless, just relentlessly unidentifiable even after at least 30 increasingly demented Google searches and hours on Reddit — wears a yellow Adidas jersey with black detailing.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
In the last couple of years, the American government has been releasing stuff that pilots have captured –unidentifiable flying objects.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 May 2026
Another, from 2009, is dominated by the profile of what appears to be a guard dog gripping a black hunk of something unidentifiable.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
The Goalkeeper — nameless, just relentlessly unidentifiable even after at least 30 increasingly demented Google searches and hours on Reddit — wears a yellow Adidas jersey with black detailing.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
In the last couple of years, the American government has been releasing stuff that pilots have captured –unidentifiable flying objects.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 May 2026
Another, from 2009, is dominated by the profile of what appears to be a guard dog gripping a black hunk of something unidentifiable.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Unidentifiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unidentifiable. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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