unfindable

American  

[uhn-fahyn-duh-buhl] / ʌnˈfaɪn də bəl /

adjective

1. not capable of being found.

   an unfindable treasure.

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Etymology

Origin of unfindable

1785–95; un- ¹ + findable ( def. )

Example Sentences

And last year the long unfindable “Drylongso” came out of obscurity with a restoration, theatrical release and induction in the Criterion Collection.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

The unpredictable nature can mean a ball in a good lie and one that’s almost unfindable in a span of a couple feet.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2021

I was about ready to declare them unfindable when all of a sudden I turned a corner, and there they were.

From Golf Digest • Jul. 27, 2017

Moreover, as anyone who’s ever owned a remote control can tell you, new technologies themselves are often infuriatingly unfindable, a problem made worse by the trend toward ever smaller gadgets.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017

If library facilities consist in rendering the books in it unfindable, and therefore unavailable to any reader, then the argument for free range of the shelves arrives at a reductio ad absurdum.

From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Spofford, Ainsworth Rand