unsearchable

English

Etymology

From Middle English unserchable, equivalent to un- + searchable.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈsəːtʃəb(ə)l/

Adjective

unsearchable (comparative more unsearchable, superlative most unsearchable)

  1. That cannot be investigated or searched into; unknowable, inscrutable.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 3, member 3:
      He chastiseth and corrects, as to Him seems best, in His deep, unsearchable, and secret judgment, and all for our good.
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 103:
      Preachers warned […] that although God might sometimes make the meaning of his judgements clear they were normally unsearchable.
  2. That cannot be sought out or looked for.
  3. (computing, Internet) Not capable of being searched; on which one cannot perform a search.
    • 2010 August 11, Sian Rowe, quoting Λ, “Meet the bands whose /\/ /\ /\/\ € $ are made out of $¥ /\/\ ß 0 \ $”, in The Guardian:
      “Having a band name like that makes me totally unsearchable,” says Rhode Island artist Λ, explaining that his name is pronounced “arc”, “but I like how using symbols means favouring an aesthetic choice over a more practical one. []

Antonyms

Translations

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.