as in unexplainable
impossible to explain
the decorator's client has an unaccountable dislike for that color
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Supporters of the administrative state claim that power is now being put in the hands of unelected and unaccountable federal judges.
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Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2024
Decisions will be made by unelected and unaccountable judges whose expertise lies in the law, not in the technical matters under consideration, and whose process of decision-making will be far less transparent than required under the Administrative Procedure Act.
—David Blumenthal and Sara Rosenbaum, STAT, 6 Aug. 2024
The 1970s reforms were developed to prevent a powerful, unaccountable, out-of-control secret bureaucracy.
—John Sipher, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
The result of this is that the court attempted to strike a balance between a vulnerable office holder on one hand and a wholly unaccountable tyrant on the other.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2024
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Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2024
Decisions will be made by unelected and unaccountable judges whose expertise lies in the law, not in the technical matters under consideration, and whose process of decision-making will be far less transparent than required under the Administrative Procedure Act.
—David Blumenthal and Sara Rosenbaum, STAT, 6 Aug. 2024
The 1970s reforms were developed to prevent a powerful, unaccountable, out-of-control secret bureaucracy.
—John Sipher, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
The result of this is that the court attempted to strike a balance between a vulnerable office holder on one hand and a wholly unaccountable tyrant on the other.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2024
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“Unaccountable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccountable. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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