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unnameable

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name⋅a⋅ble

[ney-muh-buhl]
–adjective
1. capable of or susceptible to being named or identified; identifiable.
2. worth mentioning by name; notable; memorable.
Also, namable.


Origin:
1770–80; name + -able


name⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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un·name·a·ble or un·nam·a·ble   (ŭn-nā'mə-bəl)   
adj.  Not to be named or identified: "We lived in dread of various unnameable calamities" (Garrison Keillor).
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