unaccountable

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

|Updated on: 29 Jul 2018

Examples: unaccountable in a Sentence

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

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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

An office staffed with more unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats tasked to make decisions families should be free to make for themselves.

— valerie strauss, Washington Post, "Betsy DeVos went to New York to visit schools for the first time. Guess which ones.," 16 May 2018
But in its current form, many advocates are calling ICE essentially an unaccountable secret police force.

— luke darby, GQ, "Is There a Better Way Forward Than Abolishing ICE?," 27 June 2018
Critics blame it for the proliferation of unaccountable, big-spending outside groups influencing electionsand for weakening political parties, which enabled the rise of Donald Trump as an outsider candidate in the 2016 election.

— dan nowicki, azcentral, "How a little-used procedural maneuver led to John McCain's greatest legislative triumph," 9 May 2018
That’s the apparent intent: to enable unaccountable, secretive policymaking with no rational basis.

— basav sen, Fortune, "Trump Thinks Propping Up Failing Coal Is a ‘National Security’ Emergency," 31 May 2018
According to DeVos, every school should decide for itself whether or not to turn over students to an unaccountable, militarized police force that's abducting people off the street.

— luke darby, GQ, "Betsy DeVos Says Schools Should Call ICE on Undocumented Students," 26 May 2018
If a sympathetic Congress declines to follow up in some way on clear evidence of impeachable offenses by a president, that, too, renders the highest official in the country unaccountable.

— elizabeth drew, The New Republic, "The Number of Trump’s Impeachable Offenses Keeps Growing," 22 May 2018
Jacobs, who could not be reached for comment Thursday, had argued at an April 25 County Commission meeting that such independent agencies are unaccountable to the general public and unelected board members shouldn’t have taxing powers.

— steven lemongello, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Chris King pushes for Orange County to vote on children's trust issue," 17 May 2018
And that created an officer safety issue and left them unaccountable for their actions, according to their police department.

— linda trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Two Miramar SWAT officers suspended for heading to Parkland massacre," 8 Mar. 2018

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