unidentifiable
adjective
un·iden·ti·fi·able
ˌən-ī-ˌden-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl 
-ə-ˌden-
: impossible to identify : not identifiable
an unidentifiable odor
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His remains were unidentifiable, so confirmation of his identity may take a while, Desautels said.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
The body, which had been stabbed multiple times and covered in a black substance, was initially unidentifiable.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
The pond’s seepage was a source of cholera outbreaks, and a certain unidentifiable gloom still hangs around the park that is on the site now.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Two years later, in 1949, a board of officers from the command recommended the remains be declared unidentifiable.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2025
The body, which had been stabbed multiple times and covered in a black substance, was initially unidentifiable.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
The pond’s seepage was a source of cholera outbreaks, and a certain unidentifiable gloom still hangs around the park that is on the site now.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Two years later, in 1949, a board of officers from the command recommended the remains be declared unidentifiable.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Unidentifiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unidentifiable. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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