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
Trump’s bombing campaign significantly dialed up the unaccountable military prerogatives of the American presidency.
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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
While there will always be exceptions and special cases that deserve consideration, the broader trend is clear: Higher education has become too expensive, too expansive and too unaccountable.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
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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
While there will always be exceptions and special cases that deserve consideration, the broader trend is clear: Higher education has become too expensive, too expansive and too unaccountable.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccountable
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Consciousness, human life, utterly in the grip of its own dreamlife, all our thinking and voicing caught in a web of surreal distortion, generated by our irrational yearning and apprehensions, our appetite for myth, our solipsism.—
Jane Ciabattari
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Still, Williams is quick to defend the character’s seemingly irrational actions, reminding us how Rain’s past experiences inform her present-day motivations.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Then came word that she was gone — a surreal, inexplicable moment that split his life into a before and after.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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The 1980s setting, given Stillz’s background as a Colombian, isn’t entirely inexplicable, as the Gen Z filmmaker works off memories and stories of the city that predate him.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Sales goals have proven unreasonable.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
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If a person’s disability is disturbing or harming other residents, allowing that disturbance to continue could be an unreasonable accommodation and therefore not protected by Fair Housing laws.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Unaccountable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccountable. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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