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
But in one inexplicable moment an auto accident made this already indifferent world a little colder, and a lot poorer.
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Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
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
Despite all the analysis of the causes of infant mortality in Mississippi, some losses are inexplicable.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The drama follows Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) as a detective called in to investigate the 1987 massacre of four scientists brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inexplicable
Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
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
Despite all the analysis of the causes of infant mortality in Mississippi, some losses are inexplicable.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The drama follows Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) as a detective called in to investigate the 1987 massacre of four scientists brutally murdered in inexplicable ways, with a lone survivor the obvious suspect.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inexplicable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexplicable
unexplainable
Adjective
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For Sturdevant, the ebbs and flows are unexplainable.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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All seems well until Caitlyn starts to slowly lose her mind as strange, unexplainable things start to happen within her family.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Inexplicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexplicable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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