unrecognizable

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Recent Examples of unrecognizable The threat to Charlie and especially Mia escalates with the arrival from Hong Kong of Fong’s mother Clarice, a steely crime matriarch played by an almost unrecognizable Yeo Yann Yann, so memorable in Anthony Chen’s gorgeous domestic drama, Ilo Ilo. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025 The way players experience games in the next five to ten years will be unrecognizable from today. Nibedita Baral, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 After less than five years in power, the Court’s new majority has rendered the country’s religion jurisprudence unrecognizable, even to a lawyer who would have been considered an expert in the Constitution’s approach to religion less than a decade ago. Ian Millhiser, Vox, 30 Apr. 2025 There is an abrupt, cataclysmic tremor, a deafening roar; the survivors, suddenly transformed, stagger through a charred, unrecognizable landscape. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unrecognizable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrecognizable
Adjective
  • At the time, unnoticeable hair loss felt like the least of my worries.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Except that could be slim enough to be unnoticeable in the hand, but thick enough to handle a bigger cell inside.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Owner David Rubenstein has rightly been hailed as a breath of fresh air after decades of the unpopular and unsuccessful Angelos regime.
    Paul Bledsoe, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2025
  • He’s avoided taking unpopular steps to slow the growth of the biggest items in the budget, Social Security and Medicare, and pursued voter-friendly but costly tax cuts instead.
    Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • While many men and anonymous accounts using pseudonyms and faceless avatars celebrate with uncomfy GIFs and suggestive comments, many were less than impressed with Sweeney for catering to men, sparking discourse about the definition of feminism in the replies.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 29 May 2025
  • These faceless immigrants President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem have painted as threats provide labor to companies, from small businesses to large corporations like Disney.
    Miami Herald Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • About a dozen of them were fired in February, according to a USDA bee-lab researcher who asked to remain anonymous to protect their job; some were rehired temporarily, then placed on administrative leave.
    Joanna Thompson, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
  • According to sources, who wanted to remain anonymous to protect relationships, the money is most likely to be invested in improving the women’s training facilities at Cobham, which many behind the scenes believe have fallen behind those offered by WSL rivals.
    Asli Pelit, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, Representative McIver's actions were so unremarkable that she was invited back inside to finish her tour that day, after these events took place.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
  • When famous actors decide to try their hand at filmmaking, the results can be — and often are — unremarkable by design.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Researchers believe many cases go unnoticed because the condition is harmless.
    Brandi Jones, Health, 23 May 2025
  • The approach works by analyzing energy usage patterns across multiple data points and identifying inefficiencies that might otherwise go unnoticed—especially when left to humans alone.
    David Ly, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • The emergence of Ayari has been a surprise following undistinguished loan spells in the Championship with Coventry City and Blackburn Rovers last season.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • The United States has a long and undistinguished history of playing into the North’s game plan.
    Sung-Yoon Lee, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2010

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“Unrecognizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrecognizable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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