unaccountable

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adjective

impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable: The boat has an unaccountable tendency to yaw.

exempt from being called to account; not answerable: As a subordinate, he is unaccountable for errors in policy.

Origin:
1635–45; un-¹ + accountable

Related forms

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

un·ac·count·a·bly, adverb

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

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unaccountable (ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəb^əl)

—*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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