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
Chicago will need a new mayor willing to immediately tackle daunting challenges — a budget bordering on insolvency, nagging neighborhood crime, and a failing education system led by a powerful and unaccountable teachers union.
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Juan Rangel, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Such groups raked in fees that developers were willing to pay to avoid property taxes, while being unaccountable to the parties affected hundreds of miles away, such as Houston-area property owners and utility districts.
—R.a. Schuetz, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2026
If there really was a class of unaccountable, libertine global élites plundering the world, then wasn’t Trump obviously a member?
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
Back in the late 1700s, with the demands of a tyrannical and unaccountable king at the front of their minds, the founders built a tariff order aimed at maintaining democratic legitimacy and preventing the concentration of power in a single individual’s hands.
—Kent Jones, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2026
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Juan Rangel, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
Such groups raked in fees that developers were willing to pay to avoid property taxes, while being unaccountable to the parties affected hundreds of miles away, such as Houston-area property owners and utility districts.
—R.a. Schuetz, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2026
If there really was a class of unaccountable, libertine global élites plundering the world, then wasn’t Trump obviously a member?
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
Back in the late 1700s, with the demands of a tyrannical and unaccountable king at the front of their minds, the founders built a tariff order aimed at maintaining democratic legitimacy and preventing the concentration of power in a single individual’s hands.
—Kent Jones, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccountable
Adjective
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That only creates the next set of unexplainable pay decisions.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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The systems are unexplainable, unpredictable, and trivially copyable.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Carpenter says the disturbing encounters left her fearful for her safety and that of relatives living with her, as police label the suspect’s fixation irrational and increasingly dangerous.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Great startups often look irrational at first.—
Anna Demeo,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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One turnaround midrange jumper from Howard caught nothing but backboard and was borderline inexplicable.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Her inexplicable refusal to ever participate in analysis despite her admiration of Jung sets her apart, as does her independent leadership of Eranos.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
3 June 2026
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However, investing in public institutions and infrastructure is a costly endeavor that can seem unreasonable when local officials are struggling to balance budgets without increasing tax burdens.—
Aneri Pattani,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Nineteen recent clinical trials on kratom leaf document no evidence of severe addiction or significant or unreasonable adverse effects.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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“Unaccountable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccountable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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