unrecognizable

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Recent Examples of unrecognizable Bromley’s first house in the Hamptons — a two-story box of cedar and sliding glass doors that faced a simple rectangle of pool — is now almost unrecognizable, thanks to a 2005 renovation. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 July 2025 San Diego State began summer basketball workouts this week with a different look and feel, and not just because junior guard BJ Davis is almost unrecognizable after cutting his shoulder-length braids in favor of a more minimalist (and aerodynamic) haircut. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025 Aiken was stunned to find their friend Thompson, who initially survived, in critical condition, unrecognizable as he who lay unconscious in an ICU bed. Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025 The Lusk District, wedged between Boise State University and Ann Morrison Park, is almost unrecognizable compared with two decades ago, when it was filled with industrial buildings, dirt lots, auto-repair shops and semitrailer parking. Idaho Statesman, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for unrecognizable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrecognizable
Adjective
  • Bay's darkening around the bikini area still hasn’t fully resolved, but the discoloration on her arms has faded to be almost unnoticeable.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 14 June 2025
  • At the time, unnoticeable hair loss felt like the least of my worries.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The unpopular mandate also faced intense pushback from union leaders who filed legal challenges against the governor and state workers who protested and erected billboards around Sacramento criticizing Newsom.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Despite Musk being widely unpopular, prone to conspiracy theories and exhibiting erratic and unpredictable politics, his proposal resonates with many Americans.
    Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Deputy Chief Larry Rafferty said allowing residents to get up close to the vehicles is a nice way to show police as more than faceless law enforcement.
    Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Kramatorsk — When wars kill many over years, the names of the dead can bleed into faceless lists.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
Adjective
  • An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Although many antifa chapters have the hallmarks of a criminal enterprise, antifa’s anonymous and seemingly amorphous nature raises questions regarding whether a diffuse, purportedly leaderless movement can be criminally charged under federal racketeering and conspiracy law.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The promise of 8% returns was unremarkable in the ’80s, a time of higher interest rates.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • In another era, an agency charting this kind of middle course would be unremarkable.
    Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • When grit turns into quiet burnout, organizations risk losing their most valuable contributors, not because of a lack of ability, but due to sustained overload that has gone unnoticed.
    Laurie Shakur, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Its presence had long gone unnoticed — until some determined scientists visited.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Buick is a great American premium car brand that has fallen on hard times in recent years, reduced to selling undistinguished SUVs in the U.S.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Critics found the Zumthor building design itself was undistinguished, looking more like a spaceship that had landed on the tar pits than a museum-worthy building.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025

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“Unrecognizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrecognizable. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.

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