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
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All but unrecognizable behind his scruffy beard, Poulter blends right in with these hard-knock folks, whose homemade tattoos and missing teeth are the real deal.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026
But even downstream of a potentially record-setting card, the Pokémon trading-card market has become unrecognizable in the last few years.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2026
The advent of generative AI has turned much of the internet into an unrecognizable flood plain of mind-numbing slop.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 22 Jan. 2026
Their car was a twisted hunk of metal, nearly unrecognizable.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2026
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2026
But even downstream of a potentially record-setting card, the Pokémon trading-card market has become unrecognizable in the last few years.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2026
The advent of generative AI has turned much of the internet into an unrecognizable flood plain of mind-numbing slop.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 22 Jan. 2026
Their car was a twisted hunk of metal, nearly unrecognizable.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Unrecognizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrecognizable. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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