unidentifiable

adjective

un·​iden·​ti·​fi·​able ˌən-ī-ˌden-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl How to pronounce unidentifiable (audio)
-ə-ˌden-
: impossible to identify : not identifiable
an unidentifiable odor
unidentifiably adverb

Examples of unidentifiable in a Sentence

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The Monastery had been tidied up: no garbage, no unidentifiable liquid waste. Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024 Style means dress that is mostly unidentifiable, that doesn’t have logos all over it or seem immediately associated with a specific decade. Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 Hours after the killing, Jose Ibarra was also captured wearing different clothes from the dumpster Ring footage while discarding unidentifiable items in a bag in another dumpster at his apartment complex, Ross said. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024 Photos pinned to Google Maps from years past show this bridge as a dark round tunnel, slick from mud and moisture, with clumps of unidentifiable detritus scattered along its length. Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unidentifiable 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unidentifiable was circa 1909

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“Unidentifiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unidentifiable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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