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

Plastic comes out of the printer in an almost unrecognizable state, covered in oddly organic-looking tendrils of plastic called supports. —Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026

These days, the shops are nearly unrecognizable. —Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 17 June 2026

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

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