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
Issues like privacy breaches, compliance failures and unaccountable usage can arise without proper governance.
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Abhishek Shivanna, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Her appointment would send an unmistakable message: The days of the intelligence community operating as an unaccountable black box are over.
—Rand Paul, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
The next administrator should look to make a sprawling, unaccountable agency more focused.
—Rohit Arora, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The projects have helped transform the Brazilian Amazon into an epicenter of a largely unaccountable global industry with sales, according to market research, of nearly $11 billion.
—Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Abhishek Shivanna, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Her appointment would send an unmistakable message: The days of the intelligence community operating as an unaccountable black box are over.
—Rand Paul, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
The next administrator should look to make a sprawling, unaccountable agency more focused.
—Rohit Arora, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The projects have helped transform the Brazilian Amazon into an epicenter of a largely unaccountable global industry with sales, according to market research, of nearly $11 billion.
—Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for unaccountable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccountable
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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,
Longreads,
18 Dec. 2024
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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
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Instead, try to ground yourself in the present and challenge irrational fears with evidence and logic.—
Amy Blankson,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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After all, mathematicians have long known that most numbers are irrational.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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These are the people who, for some inexplicable reason, will park right next to you, even though there are hundreds of open spaces in the parking lot.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
12 Feb. 2025
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Leno has generally been good this season but was comically poor in this one, a poor pass to Pereira followed by an inexplicable howler.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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In response to Kelley calling the union demands unreasonable, Lacey said the president's comments were insulting.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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The share of frisks and fuller searches complying with the ruling — and the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures — were lower than the stop numbers.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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