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unknowable

[uhn-noh-uh-buhl] / ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl /




















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How much this expertise actually influences the agency’s final decisions is unknowable from the outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The river, at times hauntingly beautiful and others murky and unknowable, offers a mirror to Daniel's torment, and to the increasingly fragile hope of his wife, Agnieszka, that Chris will one day come home.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

The big question is somewhat unknowable — 20% of what?

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

In its lawsuit, ExxonMobil said the law would force it “to engage in granular conjecture about unknowable future developments and to publicly disseminate that speculation on its website.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

And Lamont gone gladly off into the unknowable world of boys.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck