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unknowables

unknowables is the plural of unknowable.

Meaning of unknowable

Noun

unknowable (plural unknowables)

  1. Something that cannot be known.
    • That night I think of other unknowables. How much love does one need in a lifetime? Is there a quantity of brain space that is allocated to love? And for those of us who have loved less, does this space become occupied by something else? Like cricket, or religion, perhaps.2010, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, self-published, page 138

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Questions about unknowables

What is unknowables the plural of?
Unknowables is the plural of unknowable.

Words near unknowables in the dictionary

  1. unknow
  2. unknowabilities
  3. unknowability
  4. unknowable
  5. unknowableness
  6. unknowables
  7. unknowably
  8. unknowen
  9. unknowing
  10. unknowingly
  11. unknowingness

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