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

Injury or not, the sophomore quarterback is unrecognizable from his freshman self. —Noah White, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025

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. —Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025

When Helene tore through Western North Carolina, more than 100 people were killed, thousands lost their homes, and familiar roads and creeks became unrecognizable. —Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2025

The website states that the body was located on Wednesday, October 4, 1978, and the remains were unrecognizable due to decomposition. —Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unrecognizable

• amortizable
• crystallizable
• customizable
• exercisable
• inadvisable
• ionizable
• oxidizable
• realizable
• recognizable
• utilizable
• advisable
• cognizable