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unaccountable

[uhn-uh-koun-tuh-buhl] Origin

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[uhn-uh-koun-tuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable: The boat has an unaccountable tendency to yaw.
2.
exempt from being called to account; not answerable: As a subordinate, he is unaccountable for errors in policy.

Origin:
1635–45; un-1 + accountable

un·ac·count·a·ble·ness, un·ac·count·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·ac·count·a·bly, adverb


1. incomprehensible, inscrutable, mysterious, unintelligible. 2. unanswerable, irresponsible.

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Unaccountable has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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unaccountable (ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl)
 
adj
1.  allowing of no explanation; inexplicable
2.  puzzling; extraordinary: an unaccountable fear of hamburgers
3.  not accountable or answerable to
 
unac'countableness
 
n
 
unaccounta'bility
 
n
 
unac'countably
 
adv

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unaccountable
1643, "inexplicable," from un- (1) "not" + account + -able. Meaning "not liable to be called to account" is recorded from 1649.
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