as in unexplainable
impossible to explain
an inexplicable desire for ice cream at two in the morning
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Recent Examples of inexplicable
There have been just enough moments of wild, inexplicable joy to keep hope alive.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The abrupt and inexplicable shifts have been dizzying and destabilizing to anyone in the business world, where predictability is the soil in which the seeds of investment get planted.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Few trends seem as inexplicable as the one which is sweeping through Hollywood at the moment.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
On Friday, the Sanders saga transformed from surprising to effectively inexplicable.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The abrupt and inexplicable shifts have been dizzying and destabilizing to anyone in the business world, where predictability is the soil in which the seeds of investment get planted.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Few trends seem as inexplicable as the one which is sweeping through Hollywood at the moment.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
On Friday, the Sanders saga transformed from surprising to effectively inexplicable.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inexplicable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexplicable
unexplainable
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Because these systems rely on machine learning, their inner workings are often proprietary, unexplainable and beyond meaningful public accountability.—
Nicole M. Bennett,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2025
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Pulled in by a series of strange and unexplainable video clips, a brother and sister team up to investigate the events captured in the footage, only to discover a shocking secret that’s overtaking their small-town Texas community.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Inexplicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexplicable. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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