as in unexplainable
impossible to explain
an inexplicable desire for ice cream at two in the morning
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Recent Examples of inexplicable
Through the years, Mal has endured her mother’s inexplicable loathing toward her and her younger brother, Benny, who was born the night her sister vanished.
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Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
There was a second-and-26 in the 2017 national title game, the infamous Justin Fields fake punt in the next year’s SEC title game, a blowout loss in 2020 and the inexplicable 2021 SEC title game meltdown.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
All were eclipsed, however, by an uncredited, inexplicable, and moodily dialogue-free, walk-on by Johnson’s then-girlfriend Barbra Streisand outside the Bayside shopping center and marina.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
While this is not a mainstream idea, some individuals draw loose analogies between the unseen, influential, and sometimes seemingly inexplicable nature of advanced algorithms and the traditional descriptions of Djinn.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
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Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
There was a second-and-26 in the 2017 national title game, the infamous Justin Fields fake punt in the next year’s SEC title game, a blowout loss in 2020 and the inexplicable 2021 SEC title game meltdown.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
All were eclipsed, however, by an uncredited, inexplicable, and moodily dialogue-free, walk-on by Johnson’s then-girlfriend Barbra Streisand outside the Bayside shopping center and marina.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025
While this is not a mainstream idea, some individuals draw loose analogies between the unseen, influential, and sometimes seemingly inexplicable nature of advanced algorithms and the traditional descriptions of Djinn.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexplicable
unexplainable
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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
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