unsurmisable

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adjective

Unable to be surmised.

OriginEnglish surmisable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectiveunsurmisable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableUnable to be surmised.

    The noncoincidence of time, an expression of temporalizing differentiality, draws us into an unsurmisable, incalculable relationship with the world that, quite mysteriously, maintains a fine line of continuity.

    2005, Gray Kocchar-Lindgren, Technologics: Ghosts, The Incalculable, and the Suspension of Animation, SUNY Press, P. 192

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. Englishsurmisable
  9. Englishunsurmisable

From un- + surmisable.

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APA

unsurmisable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurmisable

MLA

“unsurmisable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurmisable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsurmisable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurmisable.

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