as in inexplicable
impossible to explain
a series of unexplainable weather events
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Recent Examples of unexplainable
Back in 2021, the Housewives Institute came up with the 100 most unhinged, unexplainable, and unforgettable moments in the 15 years that the franchise had been on the air up to that point.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 July 2024
After a massive bitcoin facility started operating in the town of Granbury, people of all ages began to experience a range of unexplainable medical issues, including hypertension, chest pain, heart palpitations, migraines, vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and panic attacks.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This fixation helps explain what is otherwise unexplainable — his bizarre obsession with changing the maps.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Unlike traditional systems, AI can process data to generate unpredictable and unexplainable insights or decisions.
—Vivek Ahuja, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 July 2024
After a massive bitcoin facility started operating in the town of Granbury, people of all ages began to experience a range of unexplainable medical issues, including hypertension, chest pain, heart palpitations, migraines, vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and panic attacks.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
This fixation helps explain what is otherwise unexplainable — his bizarre obsession with changing the maps.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
Unlike traditional systems, AI can process data to generate unpredictable and unexplainable insights or decisions.
—Vivek Ahuja, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexplainable
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Popular enough where Reacher is currently the #1 show a full month and a half after season 3 ended, and slid down the list eventually before this inexplicable resurgence.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Bebe Zahara Benet delivered pure magic (with a dose of madness) in her inexplicable yet massively memorable and instantly meme-able verse.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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After a 14-year break, the Final Destination franchise returns with another installment sure to inspire a host of new irrational fears.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Free agency is in the distant past, the NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror and, barring any major swerves, many fans are piecing team depth charts together with irrational confidence while anxiously waiting for Wednesday’s schedule release.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
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In a unanimous opinion, the justices said courts can look beyond the exact moment a police officer is using deadly force to determine if the force was unreasonable.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Given the high degree of regulation and data privacy concerns within our industry, this isn’t an unreasonable question, to say nothing of the cost of bespoke software solutions.—
Tom Hughes,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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MACs serve as an unaccountable middleman between patients and doctors, driving up costs and worsening patient outcomes.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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Unfortunately, the experiment of controlling American education through Federal programs and dollars—and the unaccountable bureaucracy those programs and dollars support—has plainly failed our children, our teachers, and our families.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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In that respect, Alonso is not necessarily unusual.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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If anything seems unusual, trust your instincts and stop the communication immediately.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2025
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“Unexplainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexplainable. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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