unrecognisable
/ʌnˈrekəɡnaɪzəbl/adjective
उच्चारण अन्रेकग्नाइज़बल
अपहचाना, पहचान से परे
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(of a person or thing) so changed or damaged that you do not recognize them or it
अपहचाना, पहचान से परे
- The town has changed beyond recognition; it is unrecognisable.
- After the floods, the village was almost unrecognisable to those who had left years before.
- The old railway station looked unrecognisable after the renovation.
+ 2 more examples
- She came back from the gym almost unrecognisable.
- His handwriting was so messy that it was unrecognisable.
Synonyms unidentifiable changed transformed disguised altered
Opposite recognisable familiar identifiable
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
unrecognisable (adjective)
It describes a person or thing changed so much that you cannot identify it.
यह उस व्यक्ति या वस्तु का वर्णन करता है जो इतनी बदल गई हो कि पहचानी न जाए।
- After the fire the shop was unrecognisable.
- He looked unrecognisable in the beard.
unrecognisable + as sth
Use as when something is so changed that it no longer looks like what it was.
जब कोई चीज़ इतनी बदल जाए कि वह पहले जैसी न दिखे, तब 'as' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The old library is unrecognisable as the building I studied in.
unrecognisable + to sb
Use to before the person who cannot recognise it.
जो व्यक्ति पहचान नहीं पाता, उसके पहले 'to' आता है।
- The place had become unrecognisable to the returning villagers.
unrecognisable from sth
Use from to compare the present state with an earlier state.
वर्तमान अवस्था की तुलना पहले की अवस्था से करने के लिए 'from' का प्रयोग होता है।
- The station is unrecognisable from what it was twenty years ago.
unrecognisable (spelling)
British spelling uses s; unrecognizable is the American variant, and either is fine if used consistently.
British spelling में s आता है; 'unrecognizable' American रूप है, और दोनों में से कोई एक लगातार प्रयोग करना ठीक है।
- The wreck was unrecognisable.
+Collocations 4
completely / totally + unrecognisable
completelytotallyalmostvirtuallyquite
- The child had grown up and was almost unrecognisable.
verb + unrecognisable
lookbecomeleaverendermake
- The flood left the road unrecognisable.
unrecognisable + noun
bodyvoicefacecitywreckage
- The wreckage of the car was unrecognisable.
unrecognisable + from / to / as
fromtoas
- The city is unrecognisable from what it was in 1990.
“More examples 6
- Her voice on the phone was unrecognisable because of the cold.
सर्दी के कारण फ़ोन पर उसकी आवाज़ पहचानी नहीं जा रही थी।
- The hills looked unrecognisable after the heavy snow.
भारी बर्फ़बारी के बाद पहाड़ियाँ पहचानी नहीं जा रही थीं।
- Ten years of city life made him unrecognisable to his old friends.
शहर के दस वर्षों के जीवन ने उसे उसके पुराने मित्रों के लिए अपरिचित बना दिया।
- The photograph was so old that the faces were unrecognisable.
फ़ोटोग्राफ़ इतनी पुरानी थी कि चेहरे पहचाने नहीं जा रहे थे।
- The school ground has become unrecognisable since the new stadium came up.
नया stadium बनने के बाद से स्कूल का मैदान पहचान में नहीं आता।
- The actor was unrecognisable in his new role as an old farmer.
अभिनेता एक बूढ़े किसान की नई भूमिका में पहचाना नहीं जा रहा था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She was unrecognisable by her friends.
✓ She was unrecognisable to her friends.
Use unrecognisable to before the people who fail to recognise.
पहचान न पाने वाले लोगों के पहले 'unrecognisable to' आता है, 'by' नहीं।
✗ The village is unrecognisable than before.
✓ The village is unrecognisable from what it was before.
Unrecognisable is compared with from, not than.
'Unrecognisable' के साथ तुलना 'from' से की जाती है, 'than' से नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
One is about change, the other is about lack of knowledge.
एक परिवर्तन के बारे में है, दूसरा जानकारी की कमी के बारे में।
So changed that it cannot be identified.
इतना बदल गया कि पहचाना न जा सके।
- The old house was unrecognisable.
Not known to you, though it may not have changed.
जो आपके लिए जाना-पहचाना न हो, भले ही वह बदला न हो।
- The street was unfamiliar to me.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
un·rec·og·nis·a·ble
?Which word?
Keep the changed words together: unrecognisable, transformed, metamorphosed (completely changed), unidentifiable, disguised.
बदले हुए के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: unrecognisable, transformed, metamorphosed (पूरी तरह बदला, कायांतरित), unidentifiable, disguised।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Change beyond recognition (change so much that it cannot be recognized).
Idiom 'change beyond recognition' (इतना बदलना कि पहचाना न जा सके)।