unrecognizable

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From un- +‎ recognize +‎ -able.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌnˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbəl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ʌnˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbəl/, (nonstandard) /ʌnˈɹɛkənaɪzəbəl/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /ʌnɹɪˈkɒɡnɪzəbəl/[1]

Adjective

unrecognizable (comparative more unrecognizable, superlative most unrecognizable)

  1. that cannot be recognized, especially because of substantial changes
    Synonym: irrecognizable
    Antonym: recognizable
    • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
      He’s forced to travel back to 1969 to prevent an evil alien (a shockingly effective, nearly unrecognizable Jemaine Clement of Flight Of The Conchords, playing sort of a psychotic extraterrestrial-biker serial killer) from destroying the world by killing Brolin. Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg.

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References
  1. Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 5.66, page 170.
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