as in unexplainable
impossible to explain
the decorator's client has an unaccountable dislike for that color
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Recent Examples of unaccountable
Transparency And Governance Autonomous doesn’t mean unaccountable.
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Abakar Saidov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Trump’s bombing campaign significantly dialed up the unaccountable military prerogatives of the American presidency.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Its weaponization of the Justice Department and expansion of a massive and often unaccountable immigration enforcement apparatus gives it a significant ability to target enemies.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
Cowardly, unaccountable, pathetic: How much more does anyone really need to know about the incompetence of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System than something that was reported a week ago?
—Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
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Abakar Saidov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Trump’s bombing campaign significantly dialed up the unaccountable military prerogatives of the American presidency.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Its weaponization of the Justice Department and expansion of a massive and often unaccountable immigration enforcement apparatus gives it a significant ability to target enemies.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
Cowardly, unaccountable, pathetic: How much more does anyone really need to know about the incompetence of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System than something that was reported a week ago?
—Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccountable
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And above all, Daniel Craig‘s Benoit Blanc is back to get to the bottom of another seemingly unexplainable murder mystery.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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The nature of the evil that brought darkness and death into that Catholic church this week is unexplainable.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Jim Edwards InvestingMarkets Back in the ’90s a Fed chief warned about ‘irrational exuberance’ in the markets.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Those poor scientists – their federal funding has been taken away, their research programs scrapped, and their rigorous scientific findings ignored in favor of one man’s irrational, uninformed opinion.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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Because what happened on Saturday was inexplicable.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps there’s a haunting to be had in this injustice; perhaps these war dead, with the truth of their deaths hidden and covered up at the time, have left their own ghostly imprint upon the bay, drawing forth further inexplicable sights, sounds, and activity.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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The influencer, who was in her 20s and had garnered over 300,000 followers on TikTok, allegedly wanted to cut ties with Choi due to his coercive instructions and unreasonable scheduling, according to the reports.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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As Philadelphia gears up for hopefully a return to the playoffs in 2025-26 (although title expectations would be probably an unreasonable expectation now), the team is not being particularly precious with its previous rotational thoughts.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Unaccountable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccountable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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