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
The mullahs' rulers—unelected and unaccountable—face a citizenry that is increasingly emboldened and defiant.
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Tom Ridge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
But this is not the case with ICE agents, who are completely unaccountable and totally out of control.
—Dave Min, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
Cruel and unaccountable events pile up, overwhelming any sense of normality.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
Detractors are concerned that an unelected, unaccountable man holds so much power and is disrupting the federal government mightily from seeking to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to defunding the U.S. Department of Education.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for unaccountable
Tom Ridge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
But this is not the case with ICE agents, who are completely unaccountable and totally out of control.
—Dave Min, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
Cruel and unaccountable events pile up, overwhelming any sense of normality.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
Detractors are concerned that an unelected, unaccountable man holds so much power and is disrupting the federal government mightily from seeking to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to defunding the U.S. Department of Education.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccountable
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The reason the earth is rotating faster on these three days in 2025 is unexplainable, leading authority on Earth rotation Leonid Zotov told Time and Date.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Aug. 2025
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Markle pops up in the first two episodes of Fringe's second season as junior FBI agent Amy Jessup, who briefly joins the Fringe Division while investigating an unexplainable NYC crash.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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On the irrational front, Cramer pointed to recent IPOs such as Circle, Figma and Bullish, that each saw explosive gains after their debuts.—
Ali McCadden,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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But exactly the opposite needs to happen: the patient needs to enact her struggle in the room, to be messy, irrational, resentful, out of control.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Saints' inexplicable decision to trade their entire draft class to select running back Ricky Williams with the fifth pick of the 1999 NFL Draft.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Nor can words effectively describe the inexplicable heaviness of your eyelids during a good cuddle session.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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That doesn’t seem like an unreasonable body count for someone who’s about to default on his mortgage — someone who’s already suffered the indignity of being forced to cancel his family’s Netflix account.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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State of Ohio et al. v. NCAA (2024): A coalition of states challenged the NCAA’s remaining restrictions on transfers, arguing that the adjusted rule still imposed unreasonable restraint on athletes.—
Nick LoMaglio,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Unaccountable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccountable. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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