unaccountable
adjective
un·ac·count·able
ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-bəl 
1
: not to be accounted for : inexplicable, strange
2
: not to be called to account : not responsible
Examples of unaccountable in a Sentence
She has shown an unaccountable reluctance to accept their offer.
the decorator's client has an unaccountable dislike for that color
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Conservatives have long criticized this expansion, arguing that federal agencies are now a de facto fourth branch of government – and one that is unelected and unaccountable to the public.
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Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025
Nathan Howard/Reuters To his critics, Elon Musk is an unelected and unaccountable government official wielding expansive executive power in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2025
The administration has tried to freeze federal funding with an agency memorandum, turned over control of the government’s payments systems to an unelected and unaccountable actor in Elon Musk, and withheld appropriations from the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
—Ryan Larochelle / Made By History, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
But Republicans have criticized the agency as being unaccountable and exceeding its legal authority.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Feb. 2025
Nathan Howard/Reuters To his critics, Elon Musk is an unelected and unaccountable government official wielding expansive executive power in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2025
The administration has tried to freeze federal funding with an agency memorandum, turned over control of the government’s payments systems to an unelected and unaccountable actor in Elon Musk, and withheld appropriations from the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
—Ryan Larochelle / Made By History, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
But Republicans have criticized the agency as being unaccountable and exceeding its legal authority.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
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unaccountable
adjective
un·ac·count·able
ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇nt-ə-bəl
1
2
: not to be called to account : not responsible
unaccountably
adverb
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