unknowable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unknowable in British English:
UK [ʌnˈnəʊəbl]
How to pronounce unknowable in American English:
US [ʌnˈnoʊəbl]
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- Adjective:
- not knowable
- beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
Word Origin
- unknowable (adj.)
- late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + knowable (adj.).
Example
- 1. Second , finance is about the unknowable future .
- 2. It will make the mental aspects of our lives mysterious and unknowable .
- 3. Investors have to deal with uncertainty in terms of lack of information and the unknowable future .
- 4. The nairu is virtually unknowable unless wages start to take off , something that a watchful ecb is unlikely to allow .
- 5. This creates an assumption that the only way to protect against unknowable , unpleasant dangers is to diversify your portfolio .