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unaccountable
[ uhn-uh-koun-tuh-buhl ]
adjective
- impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable:
The boat has an unaccountable tendency to yaw.
Synonyms: unintelligible, mysterious, inscrutable, incomprehensible
- exempt from being called to account; not answerable:
As a subordinate, he is unaccountable for errors in policy.
Synonyms: irresponsible, unanswerable
unaccountable
/ ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl /
adjective
- allowing of no explanation; inexplicable
- puzzling; extraordinary
an unaccountable fear of hamburgers
- not accountable or answerable to
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Derived Forms
- ˌunacˈcountably, adverb
- ˌunacˈcountableness, noun
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Other Words From
- unac·counta·ble·ness unac·counta·bili·ty noun
- unac·counta·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unaccountable1
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Example Sentences
And the new channels tend to be underground, indirect, and unaccountable.
And then cue the 501(c)(4) nonprofits, which are also unaccountable and almost totally opaque, as conduits for secret giving.
With the full force of law at their back, they are very nearly unaccountable in office, free to pursue what they think is right.
Eleven unaccountable federal judges cannot make these monumental decisions in secret ex parte proceedings.
Netanyahu and Lieberman believe they are unaccountable because they have never been called to account.
Yet, try as I would to strangle the idea, all through the evening the same horrible, unaccountable notion clung to me.
Perhaps the interval had been longer than he guessed, but, in any case, the change was swift and half unaccountable.
I am no longer a boy, and I do not take to people easily; but I felt an unaccountable interest in you.
What to me is unaccountable, is that there should always be as many fools as gamblers want, to make a living by them.
Jane had the sense of being led towards some unaccountable triumph and acclamation.
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