unrecognizable

adjective/ˌʌnˌrɛkəɡˈnaɪzəbəl/

Frequency rank: #16,376 most common English word

Meaning

so changed or damaged that it cannot be identified or recognized.

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Example sentence

After the fire, the old building was completely unrecognizable from what it had looked like before.

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