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Meanings of unrecognizable in English

Defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration.

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Examples for "unrecognisable"
1
This looks unrecognisable from the Guinness All-Ireland final of two years ago.
The Irish Times
2
Along with the shaggy hair, the new look made me completely unrecognisable.
Nightingale's lament
3
In the other vase were several varieties, and every one absolutely unrecognisable.
The Blind Spot
4
She said the tranquil haven could be unrecognisable during peak visitor season.
Radio NZ
5
On every level, the club is unrecognisable from the organisation he inherited.
The Guardian
Usage of unrecognizable in English
1
People are apt to grow unrecognizable in the course of forty years.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
2
A few more years, Sarah thought, and these lanes would be unrecognizable.
The favorites: a novel
3
When the picture became unrecognizable, he would know he had lost her.
Nano
4
By the time game day rolls around, the map is nigh unrecognizable.
Wired
5
Sometimes the change is so great as to make it almost unrecognizable.
Milton
6
Shifting slightly, she closely studied the alabaster features that were almost unrecognizable.
When darkness comes
7
Above that round yellow ray, faces were unrecognizable in the pitchy blackness.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
8
And muttering to itself in an unrecognizable language as it did so.
Broken Circle
9
Snow-white hair and a black mask made him unrecognizable to every one.
Old Fritz and the New Era
10
In an instant, the cage was unrecognizable, and the weaselsnake was gone.
Wastelands
11
There were several rows of studs with various unrecognizable symbols on them.
Viewpoint
12
Novotna was unrecognizable, not an elite tennis player but a beginner again.
What the dog saw: and other adventures
13
The sender's address was unrecognizable, a random mix of numbers and letters.
Money to burn: a novel of suspense
14
A crew of unholy, mutinous impulses fling abroad words and thoughts unrecognizable.
Idolatry: A Romance
15
The utriculus is a warped, irregular bag, whose sections have become unrecognizable.
The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior
16
And then, I know not how, it changed again, and became unrecognizable.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
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