unknowability

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unknowability
Noun
  • Played with gruff impenetrability and a thinly veiled sadistic streak by David Shih, this big dog’s name is Mitsuo, but no one uses names in the heya — only ranks.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But the impenetrability of where this story is going, and the dwindling numbers of who will survive by the end of it, are diminishing shadows that glow.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Being a mother and having a mother are also two of the most profound experiences a person can have, and profundity is rarely uncomplicated.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
  • Ozon goes from virtue-signaling to unsentimental profundity.
    Armond White, National Review, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • American craft brewers helped rescue from obscurity the saison, a bubbly, crisp, gently spiced beer.
    Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
  • Al-Sheikh has risen from obscurity to quasi-royal prominence.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Unknowability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknowability. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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