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unknowable

[uhn-noh-uh-buhl] / ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl /




















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But, as Tate Britain’s concurrent “Turner and Constable” exhibition shows, Romantic nature was passionate and unstable, and all the more precious for being unknowable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

The writing is terrifically funny and also grounded, anecdotes filled with slapstick but no punchlines, befitting a story that includes hookups, weddings, children, a funeral and an unknowable future.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 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

To Tristran, then, they seemed as distant and unknowable as the world of the Arabian Nights.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman