unrecallable
Definition
- Adjective:
- That cannot be recalled or remembered: "unrecallable" describes something that is impossible to bring back into memory or consciousness.
- That cannot be called back or revoked: It can also refer to something that cannot be summoned, retrieved, or reversed, such as a decision or order.
Usage Examples
- Cannot be remembered: (The dream cannot be brought back to mind.)
- Cannot be revoked: (The command could not be taken back.)
Advanced Usage
"unrecallable past": a past that cannot be remembered or retrieved.
- The traumatic events of childhood often become unrecallable past. (Those memories are lost to conscious recall.)
"unrecallable memories": memories that are inaccessible to the mind.
- Some scientists study why certain memories are unrecallable. (They investigate the causes of memory loss.)
Variants and Related Words
Recall (verb): to bring back to mind; to call back.
- I cannot recall his name. (I cannot remember it.)
Unrecalled (adj): not remembered or not called back.
- The incident remained unrecalled until the therapy session. (It was not remembered until then.)
Synonyms
- Unforgettable (opposite): impossible to forget.
- Lost: no longer known or remembered.
- Irretrievable: impossible to recover or bring back.
Related Idioms
Beyond recall: impossible to remember or bring back.
- That memory is beyond recall now. (It cannot be recovered.)
Lost in the mists of time: forgotten because it happened so long ago.
- The origin of the tradition is lost in the mists of time. (It is unrecallable now.)