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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

알아볼 수 없는

Pronunciation / Transliteration: arabol su eopsneun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unrecognizable/ˌʌnˌrɛk.əɡˈnaɪ.zə.bəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 얼굴은 사고로 인해 알아볼 수 없을 정도였다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not able to be identified or recognized; changed so much that it is impossible to know what it was formerly.

    "After the massive renovations, the old neighborhood was completely unrecognizable."
  2. 2

    Impossible to perceive clearly or make out due to poor quality, damage, or obscurity.

    "His signature on the damaged document was completely unrecognizable."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English prefix un- (meaning not) combined with recognizable, which stems from the Late Latin recognoscere (to know again, recognize). The term developed in the late 17th century to describe things or persons altered beyond the point of identification.

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