unknowable

Example Sentences

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And that in turn is conditional on a host of at this stage unknowable developments: the deployment of ground forces, the contribution of neighbors and others to the shipping challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 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

I wanted to buy a T-shirt that read: I am unknowable.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz