inexplicable
adjective
in·ex·pli·ca·ble
ˌi-nik-ˈspli-kə-bəl 
(ˌ)i-ˈnek-(ˌ)spli-
(ˌ)i-ˈnek-(ˌ)spli-
: incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
an inexplicable disappearance
Examples of inexplicable in a Sentence
He had a series of seemingly inexplicable accidents.
an inexplicable desire for ice cream at two in the morning
Recent Examples on the Web
The attack devastated the local community, which lost 20 first-grade students and six school staffers to yet another act of seemingly inexplicable gun violence.
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Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2024
Even as The Spiderwick Chronicles‘ head drifts into the clouds, powered by fantasies of faeries and ogres and witches and dragons, the Roku Channel adventure is undone by the most mundane of missteps: repetitive plotting, lumpy pacing, underdeveloped characters making inexplicable decisions.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
Surviving an inexplicable nightmare with only his wits keeping him alive, Greste was sentenced to seven years in jail, but was released in 2015.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Thus far, Hendrickson had managed to keep the details of Castro’s autopsy under wraps—how the internist had discovered an inexplicable mass of cells lodged in Castro’s aorta.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024
Clifford says his son Cal has always had deep, inexplicable love for octopuses.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
One day, an Ashtown woman suffers a gruesome, inexplicable death in front of Scales; the same fate has befallen a handful of Wiley citizens.
—Diya Chacko, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
Like the photographs that emerge from wars or disaster, bombings, floods and earthquakes, the video of the bridge collapse doesn’t explain the things that feel most inexplicable.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
We were once held in inexplicable thrall for several months to a turkey that camped out in an intersection!
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2024
Even as The Spiderwick Chronicles‘ head drifts into the clouds, powered by fantasies of faeries and ogres and witches and dragons, the Roku Channel adventure is undone by the most mundane of missteps: repetitive plotting, lumpy pacing, underdeveloped characters making inexplicable decisions.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
Surviving an inexplicable nightmare with only his wits keeping him alive, Greste was sentenced to seven years in jail, but was released in 2015.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Thus far, Hendrickson had managed to keep the details of Castro’s autopsy under wraps—how the internist had discovered an inexplicable mass of cells lodged in Castro’s aorta.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2024
Clifford says his son Cal has always had deep, inexplicable love for octopuses.
—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
One day, an Ashtown woman suffers a gruesome, inexplicable death in front of Scales; the same fate has befallen a handful of Wiley citizens.
—Diya Chacko, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
Like the photographs that emerge from wars or disaster, bombings, floods and earthquakes, the video of the bridge collapse doesn’t explain the things that feel most inexplicable.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
We were once held in inexplicable thrall for several months to a turkey that camped out in an intersection!
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
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inexplicable
adjective
in·ex·pli·ca·ble
ˌin-ik-ˈsplik-ə-bəl
(ˈ)in-ˈek-(ˌ)splik-
(ˈ)in-ˈek-(ˌ)splik-
: impossible to explain
an inexplicable mystery
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