unknowable
- arcane adj.
- impenetrable adj.
- incomprehensible adj.
- inconceivable adj.
- inscrutable adj.
- mysterious adj.
- mystic adj.
- mystic/mystical adj.
- mystifying adj.
- supernatural adj.
- superphysical adj.
- supersensible adj.
- unaccountable adj.
- uncomprehensible adj.
- unfathomable adj.
- unforeseeable adj.
- unimaginable adj.
- unintelligible adj.
Example Sentences
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But then something will happen that reminds me of life’s sheer unpredictability, and that matters of the heart are purely unknowable.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Whether they noted these changes – or connected them to any distant event – is unknowable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Indeed, that was effectively unknowable because, as the NYPD’s chief of detectives told reporters, they had learned that the bomb could’ve been timed to go off anywhere in the 12 hours prior to actual detonation.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
And to a significant extent, it’s often unknowable except in retrospect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Sometimes, I think everyone is like the people in that painting, everyone lost in their own private universes of pain or sorrow or guilt, everyone remote and unknowable.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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