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English
Etymology
From un- + knowable.
Adjective
unknowable (comparative more unknowable, superlative most unknowable)
- Not knowable; not able to be known.
- Synonyms: unintelligible; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- Antonyms: knowable; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
Translations
Noun
unknowable (plural unknowables)
- Something that cannot be known.
2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 138:That night I think of other unknowables. How much love does one need in a lifetime? Is there a quantity of brain space that is allocated to love? And for those of us who have loved less, does this space become occupied by something else? Like cricket, or religion, perhaps.