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unsearchable

adjective

Definition of unsearchablenext
as in inscrutable

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Recent Examples of unsearchable During Spotify’s news briefing, trust and safety director Lauren Hall shared that profiles will be private and unsearchable on the platform. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 All that stuff is unsearchable in a way that someone could refer to in any real academic sense. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026 The message disappears into an unsearchable thread or gets lost entirely due to chat retention policies. — Sarah Chambers, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 His understanding is unsearchable. — John Biggs, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025 Hearst’s New York Daily Mirror, former rival of the Daily News, is also unsearchable. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2024 Amid outcry from Swift’s fans on social media, lawmakers and the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA, X made the Grammy winner’s name unsearchable on its platform over the weekend. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024 Taylor Swift became unsearchable on X, just days after deepfake images of her in pornographic and violent situations went viral. — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Jan. 2024 All the work Suffolk detectives had done on the case was unsearchable — accessible only to a few detectives who were relying on their own limited memories of the case. — Robert Kolker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsearchable
  1. inscrutable
  2. recondite
  3. incomprehensible
  4. abstruse
  5. enigmatic
  6. unfathomable
  7. esoteric
  8. unintelligible
Adjective
  • His wife watches and listens with obvious fondness in her eyes but also an inscrutable hint of emotional detachment, perhaps even irritation.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The place had inscrutable stoner-eclectic décor, with pictures of Salvador Dalí on serving-tray papers and a Rastafarian lion statuette on the counter.
    — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of inscrutable
Adjective
  • Yet American students and scholars flocked in droves to theory, perceiving in its recondite abstractions a thrilling new way of understanding the world—even, some believed, of changing it.
    — Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • This includes courses such as the notoriously recondite organic chemistry as well as biology, general chemistry, and physics.
    — Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Definition of recondite
Adjective
  • Of all the awful plays the Carolina defense made Sunday in a 59-37 loss to the Chicago Bears, two of the most incomprehensible came from one of their best and smartest players.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The first two interceptions weren’t great, but the third one was truly incomprehensible.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of incomprehensible
Adjective
  • Dragon math is an abstruse branch of wartime arithmetic.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Chess can seem abstruse and forbidding to the uninitiated, but Himelfarb’s account of it is as readable and comprehensible as any more familiar sports story—or, for that matter, any narrative in which a bunch of ambitious people pursue a single goal.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of abstruse
Adjective
  • An enigmatic and alluring university professor (Moss) with a thing for younger men is among the local suspects, who begin to seem connected.
    — Jennie Punter, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The hothouse flowers of the salon—a nod to the city’s art nouveau Palmenhaus—were painstakingly painted by Viennese artist Marie Hartig, while the rooftop mural is by enigmatic graffiti artist KNARF.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of enigmatic
Adjective
  • Even for outdoor enthusiasts, the magnitude of destruction wrought by nature’s fury seemed unfathomable.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026
  • On behalf of myself, our staff, and the Board of Directors, we are entirely devastated by this unfathomable loss to Country Music and the entire world.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of unfathomable
Adjective
  • Another challenge is that though the Langlands program is sweeping and unifying, the mathematical correspondences themselves are excruciatingly specific and esoteric.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Both are craftsmen, interested in immediate emotional response over esoteric scholarly unpacking.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of esoteric
Adjective
  • Assuming viewers understood the history of English soccer — or even the offside rule — could make the broadcasts unintelligible for new fans who understood neither.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Incomplete, corrupted, untimely, or unintelligible Submissions or Submission Forms will be disqualified.
    — August 16, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of unintelligible

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“Unsearchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsearchable. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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