unaccountable

adjective un·ac·count·able \ ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-bəl \

Definition of unaccountable

1 : not to be accounted for : inexplicable, strange

2 : not to be called to account : not responsible

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unaccountability

play \ˌən-ə-ˌkau̇n-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

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Examples of unaccountable in a Sentence

She has shown an unaccountable reluctance to accept their offer.
the decorator's client has an unaccountable dislike for that color

Recent Examples of unaccountable from the Web

On Customs and Border Protection: This is an agency that has become really unaccountable.

— camille mott, Slate Magazine, "A Supreme Court Conundrum," 20 Feb. 2017
This is government as an unaccountable, legally immune thug.

— andrew sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump Flaunts His Indifference to the Rule of Law," 1 Sep. 2017
Monk’s story is peppered with supernatural details, talk of evil spirits and unaccountable noises, and even an extremely old nun who may or may not rapture herself to heaven daily.

— mike mariani, Slate Magazine, "Nativism, Violence, and the Origins of the Paranoid Style," 22 Mar. 2017
This algorithm — still secret and publicly unaccountable — shapes policing strategy, the use of force, and threatens to alter suspicion on the streets.

— andrew guthrie ferguson, Time, "The Police Are Using Computer Algorithms to Tell if You’re a Threat," 3 Oct. 2017
For too long, the American people were told that mammoth multinational trade deals, unaccountable international tribunals, and powerful global bureaucracies were the best way to promote their success.

— CNN, "READ: President Trump's speech to the UN General Assembly," 19 Sep. 2017
For too long, the American people were told that mammoth multinational trade deals, unaccountable international tribunals, and powerful global bureaucracies were the best way to promote their success.

— NBC News, "‘America First’: Read Trump’s Full United Nations Speech," 19 Sep. 2017
As Bloomberg’s Eric Newcomer wrote on Friday, a spate of critical essays and surprising revelations have recently framed the big tech companies as all-powerful, unaccountable and primed for greater antitrust scrutiny.

— brad stone, Bloomberg.com, "The Case Against Big Tech, Now at Your Local Bookstore (If You Still Have One)," 18 Sep. 2017
Further, there’s little question that Sanders’s narrative dovetailed nicely with Trump’s — both advanced a story that painted Clinton as the representative of an unaccountable elite.

— eric levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "The Case for ‘Giving Every American a Pony’," 6 Sep. 2017

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