unexplainable
adjective
un·ex·plain·able
ˌən-ik-ˈsplā-nə-bəl 
: incapable of being explained : inexplicable, unaccountable
a seemingly unexplainable occurrence
unexplainable behavior
Examples of unexplainable in a Sentence
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Relief pitcher, starting pitcher, reliever again, part-time starter Nick Martinez attempted to explain the unexplainable.
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Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
There’s no way to explain or justify how knuckle-dragging low the San Diego State football program feels after an unfathomable, unexplainable 6-0 loss to Nevada on Saturday.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
Celebs Who Have Had Actual Ghost Encounters According to Chacon, belief in unexplainable phenomena is on the rise.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
These myths and legends are often used to explain the unexplainable in Latin American communities.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
Advertisement Books Los Angeles is refracted in all its irreducible, unexplainable glory in ‘Dear Los Angeles’
Nov. 30, 2018
That said, this collection — at least chronologically — comes second.
—David Kipen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
For example, that could include objects that flicker or are surprisingly bright at some wavelength, or ones that move unusually fast or orbit in an unexplainable path.
—Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
These same people, Loeb claims, refuse to consider anomalies like unexplainable interstellar objects.
—Seth Fletcher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
This is a disgrace, an extreme, unexplainable botch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
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Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
There’s no way to explain or justify how knuckle-dragging low the San Diego State football program feels after an unfathomable, unexplainable 6-0 loss to Nevada on Saturday.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
Celebs Who Have Had Actual Ghost Encounters According to Chacon, belief in unexplainable phenomena is on the rise.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 14 Oct. 2023
These myths and legends are often used to explain the unexplainable in Latin American communities.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
Advertisement Books Los Angeles is refracted in all its irreducible, unexplainable glory in ‘Dear Los Angeles’
Nov. 30, 2018
That said, this collection — at least chronologically — comes second.
—David Kipen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
For example, that could include objects that flicker or are surprisingly bright at some wavelength, or ones that move unusually fast or orbit in an unexplainable path.
—Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
These same people, Loeb claims, refuse to consider anomalies like unexplainable interstellar objects.
—Seth Fletcher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
This is a disgrace, an extreme, unexplainable botch.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1711, in the meaning defined above
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“Unexplainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexplainable. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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