unrecognizable

adjective

un·rec·og·niz·able ˌən-ˈre-kəg-ˌnī-zə-bəl

-kig-

Synonyms of unrecognizable next

: incapable of being identified or recognized : not recognizable

The beaches were unrecognizable after the hurricane.

He was unrecognizable without his mustache.

unrecognizableness noun

unrecognizably

ˌən-ˈre-kəg-ˌnī-zə-blē

-kig-

adverb

an unrecognizably altered landscape

Examples of unrecognizable in a Sentence

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Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable. —

Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024 Klum was unrecognizable as E.T. from Steven Spielberg's 1982 movie E.T. —

EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024 Jean Dujardin, the French actor who won an Academy Award for that awful silent-movie spoof The Artist, is almost unrecognizable in On the Wandering Paths (Sur les chemins noirs). —

Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024 As the waters fell, thick layers of mud mixed with refuse made streets unrecognizable. —

Joseph Wilson and Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unrecognizable

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unrecognizable was in 1817

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“Unrecognizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrecognizable. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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