UNKNOWABLE Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

unknowable

adjective

as in ambiguous

not able to be known No matter how far science advances, some things about the world will always remain unknown and unknowable. If passed, this law will have unknowable consequences.

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Recent Examples of unknowable Even their vision of outer space seldom imparts the sense of a terrifying, unknowable vastness. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 Hence, SpaceX can’t be valued on its current profits, but only on its prospects from gigantic growth in the most pioneering of industries whose future trajectory is also unknowable. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026 Ledger ingeniously plays the Joker as a chaotic force of nature, a scarred and unknowable ghoul clad in clown paint and a garish suit from Demon's Wearhouse. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 The future is as unknowable as the past is inaccessible. —

Bijan Stephen, Longreads, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unknowable

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Bieber has had clashes with the paparazzi, and has sent ambiguous messages over social media hinting at his sorrow.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
While data centers represent tangible ways in which AI is changing our lives, the more abstract and ambiguous fears are coming to a boil, as well.

— Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026