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

Harbour and Arquette truly get lost in their characters, with the former nearly unrecognizable in his prosthetic nose and fake beard. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Biggart photographed people coughing and wiping debris from their eyes, firefighters and police officers staring upward, papers floating over streets that had become nearly unrecognizable. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Elon was often bullied at school, Errol describes, and once his son was beaten so badly his face was unrecognizable. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

The Political Context The protests against DAU by the Ukrainian government ahead of this year’s Venice Film Festival highlight a dramatic shift in geopolitics, one that makes the project’s original context almost unrecognizable. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 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