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unaccountable

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un⋅ac⋅count⋅a⋅ble

  [uhn-uh-koun-tuh-buhl]
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–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

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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un·ac·count·a·ble   (ŭn'ə-koun'tə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Impossible to account for; inexplicable: unaccountable absences.

  2. Free from accountability; not responsible: an executive unaccountable to anyone but the president.

un'ac·count'a·bil'i·ty n., un'ac·count'a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

unaccountable 
1643, "inexplicable," from un- (1) "not" + account + -able. Meaning "not liable to be called to account" is recorded from 1649.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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