nonaccountable

adjective

Definition of nonaccountablenext
as in irresponsible

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonaccountable
  1. irresponsible
  2. unaccountable
  3. exempt
Adjective
  • Sadly, despite incidents like these, irresponsible rhetoric persists.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Honoring Pearson with a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract would be a highly irresponsible use of the people’s money.
    Kemala Karmen, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of irresponsible
Adjective
  • One is sort of an independent, unaccountable, unelected FBI, like the one that Hoover ran.
    Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In every period, the essence of politics has been that a tin-pot tsar who wants to arrogate to himself the right to personal, unaccountable power needs to intimidate the honest people who are not afraid of him.
    Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of unaccountable
Adjective
  • One is public employees who receive pensions that are exempt from Social Security payroll taxes, but who also worked at least 10 yeas in jobs that required them to pay into the system.
    Maya C. Miller, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The clubs were exempt from tax, were not run for profit and outside investors were not allowed.
    Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of exempt
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Thesaurus Entries Near nonaccountable

nonacceptances

nonaccountable

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