unrecognizable

adjective

un·​rec·​og·​niz·​able ˌən-ˈre-kəg-ˌnī-zə-bəl 

-kig-

: incapable of being identified or recognized : not recognizable

The beaches were unrecognizable after the hurricane.

He was unrecognizable without his mustache.

unrecognizableness noun

unrecognizably

ˌən-ˈre-kəg-ˌnī-zə-blē 

-kig-

adverb

an unrecognizably altered landscape

Examples of unrecognizable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Three days before the first punches are set to be thrown at a White House-UFC event, the South Lawn is unrecognizable. —Nik Popli, Time, 11 June 2026

But when Natalie wakes up one morning in 1805 — her husband replaced by a farmer, and her kids unrecognizable — she’s forced to confront the realities of truly living in the past, and find a way back home. —Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Supporters of the initiative, rather than presenting Switzerland as a nation in terminal decline, describe a homeland that has been rendered unrecognizable—like a landscape after a heavy snowfall—by rapid growth. —Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Albertsons Stadium rumbled Saturday night as monster truck madness took over the unrecognizable blue turf with a roaring, fiery, wheelie-popping spectacle. —Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unrecognizable

• amortizable
• crystallizable
• customizable
• exercisable
• inadvisable
• oxidizable
• polarizable
• realisable
• realizable
• recognisable
• recognizable
• utilizable