Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for unknowable. Search instead for unknowab.
Definitions

unknowable

[uhn-noh-uh-buhl] / ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl /




















Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

As he explains to Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, A.I. is a hyperobject that touches everything in unknowable ways.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

At its best, it’s poetry trying to make sense of the unknowable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The river, at times hauntingly beautiful and others murky and unknowable, offers a mirror to Daniel's torment, and to the increasingly fragile hope of his wife, Agnieszka, that Chris will one day come home.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

The answer is unknowable, which is one reason the image spoke to Mr. Gennari, a professor at the University of Vermont.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

A thousand leaves fluttered, and for a moment the forest seemed a deep green sea, storm-tossed and heaving, eternal and unknowable.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin