inscrutability
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tə adjective
1.
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
2.
not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable: an inscrutable smile.
3.
incapable of being seen through physically; physically impenetrable: the inscrutable depths of the ocean.
Related forms
in·scru·ta·bil·i·ty, in·scru·ta·ble·ness, noun
in·scru·ta·bly, adverb
Antonyms
1. comprehensible.
1. comprehensible.
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inscrutable (ɪnˈskruːtəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| incomprehensible; mysterious or enigmatic | |
| [C15: from Late Latin inscrūtābilis, from Latin | |
| inscruta'bility | |
| —n | |
| in'scrutableness | |
| —n | |
| in'scrutably | |
| —adv | |
| inscrutable (ɪnˈskruːtəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| incomprehensible; mysterious or enigmatic | |
| [C15: from Late Latin inscrūtābilis, from Latin | |
| inscruta'bility | |
| —n | |
| in'scrutableness | |
| —n | |
| in'scrutably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
inscrutable
mid-15c., from L.L. inscrutabilis, from in- "not" + scrutari "examine, ransack" (see scrutiny).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
There are times when a photograph grabs your attention simply by its sheer inscrutability.
Perhaps its inscrutability is the core of its greatness.
They're so far ahead of us in fiendishness and, of course, inscrutability.
Plenty of opportunity exists, if not for creative accounting, then certainly for inscrutability.
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