What's the difference between searchable and unsearchable?
Searchable
Definition:
(a.) Capable of being searched.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nethouseprices has a searchable database of homes that have been sold which will give you an idea of the going rate in an area, but there is little detail about the properties.
(2) We've been through all the guidance we've produced over the last few years and pulled together all the recommendations we've made about things and put them in an easily searchable database .
(3) Searchable hypertext course handouts benefit not only the student trying to relate material between courses, but also assist the faculty in the development of appropriate instructional materials as well as course goals and objectives.
(4) Parliament has also today published expenses claims dating from April 2008 to June 2009 on a new searchable database designed to bring greater transparency to the system.
(5) In just a few years, all the texts in existence will be online, and searchable.
(6) It is searchable by country, company or device, providing detailed how-tos and greatly lowering the technical bar and knowledge for any rogue individual to hack our critical infrastructures.” The site has now lowered that bar still further.
(7) Contacts are finally searchable, a fuller range of email attachments can now be read and saved, a server-side push system for mail, events and contacts called Mobile Me has been introduced (subscription required) and, most importantly of all, Version 2.0 users (including those with original iPhones) will find an "Installer" icon on their home screen.
(8) The projects aim to tackle electoral and civic challenges by making it easier to request absentee ballots with smartphones, creating affordable and accurate alternatives to exit polling, creating a public library of political ads from key 2016 primary election states, and making a searchable archive of campaign speech transcripts.
(9) A bankruptcy restriction order can last from two to 15 years, and will appear on a searchable public register, where your name, address, date of birth and outline of the order will be included.
(10) We will look to ensure that this information is in a fully searchable format and that it also contains information on entities and arrangements closed during the relevant year,” the letter said.
(11) He was worried by the rise of so-called "native apps" such as those produced for the iPhone and iPad, because they were not searchable.
(12) A searchable list of the BBC’s on-air talent earning more than £150,000 is below.
(13) With cheaper genetic testing and more and more genealogical records easily searchable online, the number of people discovering they are not what they thought they were will only continue to increase.
(14) The large quantity of numeric data gathered during testing is maintained within the DIS in a database that is interactively searchable and automatically updated at regular intervals.
(15) Strikingly, Bo Xilai's name was searchable on microblogs for days after he was toppled, even when his wife's name was blocked.
(16) All public posts became searchable for everyone, but private posts weren’t affected.
(17) In 2009, after the Guardian revived the affair, Scotland Yard had finally started transferring the material to a database but had overlooked numerous documents and scanned others in a form that was not searchable.
(18) But that was not the case in the wake of the revelations about Farah’s missed tests in midweek, with the chief executive, Nicole Sapstead, admitting it was “not common for athletes to have two missed tests” and the director of legal, Graham Arthur, explaining: “We have got a pretty detailed protocol for doping control officers to follow when they conduct an in-hours test – and they include ringing the doorbell every 10-15 minutes or so, knocking and staying there for the full hour.” Mo Farah faces testing period that could snuff out golden glow of 2012 Read more It has been suggested that Ukad should be more open about how often it tests athletes – the US Anti-Doping Agency has a searchable database of athletes which shows their tests each quarter – but Ukad says this would be difficult to achieve in the UK because of data privacy issues and it “would add significantly to our workload”.
(19) Pompeo favored expanding US surveillance powers substantially, to include “ re-establishing collection of all metadata ” and proposing a “comprehensive, searchable database” that includes “publicly available financial and lifestyle information”, without defining what “lifestyle information” means.
(20) PHARMSEARCH is composed of MPHARM, a structure file searchable using Markush DARC software, and PHARM, the companion bibliographic file.
Unsearchable
Definition:
(a.) Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.
Example Sentences:
(1) "If they are held responsible, it would fundamentally alter the web from the free space that has changed the way we live, ultimately rendering the web unsearchable as content is not indexed for fear of complaint."
(2) You may say that Ozymandias is dead – or rather fictional but, even in the fiction, dead – so couldn't apply to have his virtual trunkless legs buried in the unsearchable sand (I will retain control of this metaphor).
(3) DailyClout UK and DailyClout EU are next on our list of planned launches: the UK legislative database is totally unsearchable, and the UK Parliament’s own website ends in dead links when you try to find actual legislation.
(4) Bell is still going strong, saying in a recent interview that "paper is terrible as it's unsearchable".
(5) Houston said the initial work by the Ukrainian emergency services was more thorough than the humanitarian mission had anticipated, and it seems most of the remains had been discovered, despite intensified fighting in the area, blocking access to an unsearched area.