adjective
unknowable
uhn-NOH-uh-buhl
adjective
1
Impossible to know or find out.
"What happens after death remains, to most people, unknowable."
How to Use Unknowable
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomething that can never really be known or figured out.
Common pairings
fundamentally unknowable
the unknowable future
Word Forms
more unknowable comparative, unknowables plural, most unknowable superlative
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Etymology
From "un-" + "knowable."