unknowable
adjective
un·know·able
ˌən-ˈnō-ə-bəl 
: not knowable
especially
: lying beyond the limits of human experience or understanding
Examples of unknowable in a Sentence
a God whose nature is unknown and unknowable
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Soon thereafter, New Englanders would invade New York to secure control of the Hudson River, setting off a civil war with unknowable consequences.
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Eli Merritt, TIME, 4 July 2024
Researchers, teachers, students, grants, philanthropists, universities, hospitals, foundations and patients in trials have through unknowable independent and collaborative acts saved the lives of millions of children around the world.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
That reflects how superyachts are both ostentatious and somewhat unknowable.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune Europe, 9 June 2024
If Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City explored the notion of humanity facing the unknowable, Anatomy of a Fall reveals our ability to turn the knowable into an ever-expanding, unanswerable question.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
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Eli Merritt, TIME, 4 July 2024
Researchers, teachers, students, grants, philanthropists, universities, hospitals, foundations and patients in trials have through unknowable independent and collaborative acts saved the lives of millions of children around the world.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
That reflects how superyachts are both ostentatious and somewhat unknowable.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune Europe, 9 June 2024
If Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City explored the notion of humanity facing the unknowable, Anatomy of a Fall reveals our ability to turn the knowable into an ever-expanding, unanswerable question.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Unknowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unknowable. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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unknowable
adjective
un·know·able
ˌən-ˈnō-ə-bəl
ˈən-
: not knowable
some facts in the case may remain unknowable
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