as in inexplicable
impossible to explain
a series of unexplainable weather events
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Recent Examples of unexplainable
Pulled in by a series of strange and unexplainable video clips, a brother and sister team up to investigate the events captured in the
footage, only to discover a shocking secret that’s overtaking their small-town Texas community.
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Pulled in by a series of strange and unexplainable video clips, a brother and sister team up to investigate the events captured in the footage, only to discover a shocking secret that’s overtaking their small-town Texas community.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
The story follows the three Maxwell siblings who grew up as the only Black family in a gated Dallas neighborhood, also tormented by strange and unexplainable demonic happenings in their house.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Back in 2021, the Housewives Institute came up with the 100 most unhinged, unexplainable, and unforgettable moments in the 15 years that the franchise had been on the air up to that point.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 July 2024
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Pulled in by a series of strange and unexplainable video clips, a brother and sister team up to investigate the events captured in the footage, only to discover a shocking secret that’s overtaking their small-town Texas community.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025
The story follows the three Maxwell siblings who grew up as the only Black family in a gated Dallas neighborhood, also tormented by strange and unexplainable demonic happenings in their house.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Back in 2021, the Housewives Institute came up with the 100 most unhinged, unexplainable, and unforgettable moments in the 15 years that the franchise had been on the air up to that point.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexplainable
Adjective
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Trump entered negotiations to end the war in Ukraine by presenting Putin with a bouquet of inexplicable concessions.—
Andrew Ryvkin,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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Boca una locura; a mad, inexplicable, head’s-gone kind of thing.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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To many watching, Elon Musk’s decision to publicly insult President Trump seemed self-destructive, if not outright irrational.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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And then the irrational with the Tom Thibodeau move.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Solomon, 47, of Fairburn, was arraigned in federal court on June 17 on charges of using unreasonable force and obstructing justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia said in a news release.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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California Department of Education officials in 2018 found that school staff used unreasonable and unnecessary force in restraining Max.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Without clear insight into how AI models make decisions, businesses risk deploying tools that are unaccountable, biased or poorly understood.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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But replacing it with a junta of unaccountable elites—the Putin model—is not an improvement.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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Is there a relationship between writing and fiction and unusual height?—
Jane Smiley
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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An unusual addition to a historic cityscape courtesy of artist Jason Jones.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
20 June 2025
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