as in inexplicable
impossible to explain
a series of unexplainable weather events
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Recent Examples of unexplainable
The special teams matchup goes to Seattle unless there is some unexplainable muffed punt.
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Mike Sando, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The horrors of it all are unexplainable.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
The ideas that come suddenly, the unexplainable pull towards a certain idea or the feeling that something resonates are moments that defy pure data explanations.
—Malana Vantyler, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
And yet, dark matter might still be the answer to the puzzle of why the Universe appears to gravitate in this bizarre fashion, unexplainable by normal matter and general relativity on their own.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
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Mike Sando, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The horrors of it all are unexplainable.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
The ideas that come suddenly, the unexplainable pull towards a certain idea or the feeling that something resonates are moments that defy pure data explanations.
—Malana Vantyler, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
And yet, dark matter might still be the answer to the puzzle of why the Universe appears to gravitate in this bizarre fashion, unexplainable by normal matter and general relativity on their own.
—Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexplainable
Adjective
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An ominous, inexplicable sound that floods dread into your every waking step, and that will eventually drive you to suicide or murder?—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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Even less weighty decisions were sometimes inexplicable to him.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There’s something both early American and midcentury modern in the design of these solid-oak vanities, which arrived just as everyone seems to have gotten over an irrational fear of brown furniture.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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The answer turned out to be four more years of sacrifice, struggle, and hope that must have felt, at times, completely irrational.—
Sharon McMahon,
Glamour,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As in Williams’ case, attorneys argued that a sweep had violated the plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment rights protecting them from unreasonable search and seizure, as well as their 14th Amendment right to due process.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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Because that is ultimately what The Secret Garden is about—the stubborn, almost unreasonable insistence of living things to grow toward the light.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Chicago will need a new mayor willing to immediately tackle daunting challenges — a budget bordering on insolvency, nagging neighborhood crime, and a failing education system led by a powerful and unaccountable teachers union.—
Juan Rangel,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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If there really was a class of unaccountable, libertine global élites plundering the world, then wasn’t Trump obviously a member?—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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When a series of tragic failures at New Era Community Health Center left scores of the county’s weakest, poorest and most erratic residents in danger, Florida health inspectors took the unusual step of threatening to shut down the home.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Many of Barbosa’s followers know him for his unusual feats like holding the Guinness World Record for the fastest visits to every CTA station or sprinting through the United Center during a Bulls game.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Unexplainable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexplainable. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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