un·know·a·ble

[uhn-noh-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
not knowable; incapable of being known or understood.
noun
2.
something that is unknowable.
3.
the Unknowable, the postulated reality lying behind all phenomena but not cognizable by any of the processes by which the mind cognizes phenomenal objects.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see un-1, knowable

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unknowable (ʌnˈnəʊəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  incapable of being known or understood
2.  a.  beyond human understanding
 b.  (as noun): the unknowable
 
un'knowableness
 
n
 
unknowa'bility
 
n
 
un'knowably
 
adv

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Unknowable (ʌnˈnəʊəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
philosophy the Unknowable the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known

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Example sentences
Its one thing to have faith in things that are, by their nature, unprovable and
  unknowable.
As will be demonstrated, the value of the bribes is not unknowable.
Whether future voters would be willing to accept higher taxes is unknowable.
There is a difference between my mindset and that of an agnostic, an agnostic
  claims that the subject is unknowable.
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