Definition of unknowable
: not knowable;
especially
: lying beyond the limits of human experience or understanding
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Examples of unknowable in a Sentence
a God whose nature is unknown and unknowable
Recent Examples of unknowable from the Web
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Jessie Mueller, who won a Tony for her smashing performance as Carole King in Beautiful, brings a trancelike mystery and sadness to Julie Jordan, as befits an unknowable character.
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In his future, McAulty’s robots are benevolent monarchs, bloodthirsty tyrants, and unknowable gods who hold all the cards against humans.
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Whether that message will do more for the Democrats than a high-profile fight over Kennedy’s replacement will do for GOP turnout is unknowable.
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Reburied at the American cemetery in Manila, most of their identities were assumed unknowable.
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The weary narrator floats away in a dream, in search of the unknowable, the deep forbidden music somewhere off in the distance.
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The magic of basketball is that there are certain answers that will always be unknowable, and certain arguments that will never end.
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No one knows the timetable under which the lawyers are working, so to suggest that everything will be wrapped up before the elections is to pretend to know the unknowable.
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Jumping for joy What developer Moon Studios does so well is suggest a vast and unknowable world with the broadest of brush strokes.
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First Known Use of unknowable
14th century
UNKNOWABLE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of unknowable for English Language Learners
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: not able to be known : not knowable
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