unidentifiable

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adjective

Difficult, if not impossible, to identify or name

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveunidentifiable (comparative more unidentifiable, superlative most unidentifiable)

comparative more unidentifiable · superlative most unidentifiable

  1. Difficult, if not impossible, to identify or name

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveimpossible to identify

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishidentify
  9. Englishidentifiable
  10. Englishunidentifiable

From un- + identifiable.

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Translations

Danish uidentificerbar
  • uidentificerbardifficult, if not impossible, to identify or name
German unidentifizierbar
  • unidentifizierbardifficult, if not impossible, to identify or name
Hungarian azonosíthatatlan
  • azonosíthatatlandifficult, if not impossible, to identify or name
Polish nieidentyfikowalny
  • nieidentyfikowalnydifficult, if not impossible, to identify or name
Swedish oidentifierbar
  • oidentifierbardifficult, if not impossible, to identify or name
Cite this entry
APA

unidentifiable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unidentifiable

MLA

“unidentifiable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unidentifiable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unidentifiable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unidentifiable.

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