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as in mysteriousness
the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain
it's the sheer inscrutableness of the lady's smile that has tantalized art lovers for centuries
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as in ambiguity
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the inscrutableness of the inscriptions left by the doomed colonists of Roanoke Island has inspired many theories concerning their fate
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ambiguity
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Young people lack experience with the awkward pauses of conversation, the ambiguity of social cues, and the grit required to make up with a hurt or angry friend.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
11 July 2025 -
Poker Face has played fast and loose with how Charlie’s gift actually works, an intentional ambiguity that only gets more complicated with the reveal that actually, yeah, Charlie can be lied to.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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“Inscrutableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inscrutableness. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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