as in ambiguous
not able to be known
No matter how far science advances, some things about the world will always remain unknown and unknowable. If passed, this law will have unknowable consequences.
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Recent Examples of unknowable
Their power is drawn in part from acting unpredictably toward a future that has become inherently unknowable and is shaped through force.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
The Internet couldn’t just be written by random people whose reliability is unknowable, alongside scientific papers beyond the comprehension of laypeople.
—Jimmy Wales, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
The art of elusiveness — that quality of unknowable magnetism — has almost vanished.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Over the course of the night, the high and low of society endure the consequences of this dangerous and unknowable woman yearning for a past love in the guise of one of the guests, a brilliant author (Nina Hoss) who is up for the same academic position as George.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
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Even in agencies that have, some policies are weak or ambiguous.—
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Even in agencies that have, some policies are weak or ambiguous.—
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Not to mention the titular bugs, a swarm of blood-invading creatures discovered by her new lover, the mysterious drifter Peter Evans (Namir Smallwood).—
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The Columbus, Ohio, police chief is speaking out for the first time since the mysterious murders of dentist Spencer Tepe and his wife, Monique Tepe.—
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This mind-melter from Charlie Kaufman centers on an enigmatic Buckley as the conflicted girlfriend of Jesse Plemons’s awkward Jake, who takes her to meet his incredibly strange parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis).—
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One of Weir’s most enigmatic tracks, and easily one of his finest.—
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Gardenia x daruma is an obscure dwarf hybrid that is hardy down to 20 degrees and, planted on its own, grows no more than three feet tall with small flowers and leaves.—
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Advertisement The Epstein case is yet another reminder of how power can both obscure harm and suppress the voices of survivors.—
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At the moment, its age is still uncertain.—
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How Barton will advance his campaigns now is uncertain.—
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The publication also shares some of the murky citation practices of contemporary social media.—
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The murky word of sports collectibles The passion to possess a thing that belonged to someone famous is as old as time.—
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The circumstances of Villegas-Gonzalez's death remain unclear.—
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While past studies have shown that dairy products may have a protective effect against dementia, how specific dairy products affect cognitive health remains unclear.—
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“Unknowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unknowable. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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