untraceable

adjective

un·​trace·​able ˌən-ˈtrā-sə-bəl How to pronounce untraceable (audio)
: not able to be traced
an untraceable phone call
an untraceable source
untraceable weapons

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To build this trust, be transparent about the way results are reported and ensure individual responses are untraceable. Crystal Williams, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 Your documents are already encrypted, and the perps are already demanding untraceable payment in exchange for the decryption key. PC Magazine, 3 June 2025 Officials particularly credit a series of federal, state and local restrictions imposed on gun kits in 2022 and 2023 with slowing online sales of untraceable firearms, requiring background and age checks of buyers and banning some kit sales in Maryland altogether. Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 2 June 2025 In an opinion written by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, the high court upheld federal restrictions aimed at curtailing access to gun kits that can be easily assembled into homemade, nearly untraceable firearms. Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for untraceable

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of untraceable was in 1661

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“Untraceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untraceable. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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