unaccountable
adjective
un·ac·count·able
ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-bəl 
1
: not to be accounted for : inexplicable, strange
2
: not to be called to account : not responsible
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
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Chicago will need a new mayor willing to immediately tackle daunting challenges — a budget bordering on insolvency, nagging neighborhood crime, and a failing education system led by a powerful and unaccountable teachers union.
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Juan Rangel, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
If there really was a class of unaccountable, libertine global élites plundering the world, then wasn’t Trump obviously a member?
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
Back in the late 1700s, with the demands of a tyrannical and unaccountable king at the front of their minds, the founders built a tariff order aimed at maintaining democratic legitimacy and preventing the concentration of power in a single individual’s hands.
—Kent Jones, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2026
But in recent filings to state officials, fire victims and consumer advocates say the law has gone too far and made the utilities’ unaccountable for their mistakes, leading to even more fires.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Juan Rangel, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
If there really was a class of unaccountable, libertine global élites plundering the world, then wasn’t Trump obviously a member?
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
Back in the late 1700s, with the demands of a tyrannical and unaccountable king at the front of their minds, the founders built a tariff order aimed at maintaining democratic legitimacy and preventing the concentration of power in a single individual’s hands.
—Kent Jones, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2026
But in recent filings to state officials, fire victims and consumer advocates say the law has gone too far and made the utilities’ unaccountable for their mistakes, leading to even more fires.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unaccountable
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“Unaccountable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaccountable. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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unaccountable
adjective
un·ac·count·able
ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇nt-ə-bəl
1
2
: not to be called to account : not responsible
unaccountably
adverb
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