accountable
subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
capable of being explained; explicable; explainable.
Origin of accountable
1Other words from accountable
- ac·count·a·ble·ness, noun
- ac·count·a·bly, adverb
- non·ac·count·a·ble, adjective
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How to use accountable in a sentence
Our stories focus on holding the powerful accountable in service of the public.
Are You Participating in a Vaccine Trial? Are You Running One? We’d Like to Hear About It. | by Caroline Chen, Ryan Gabrielson and Isaac Arnsdorf | September 17, 2020 | ProPublicaThat being said, if you have the potential for a trigger, and you’re not honest with yourself about there being doubt, and you end up being wrong — then you do run the risk of being held accountable to that.
Don’t Blame The Refs For All Of These Replay Reviews | Jared Dubin | September 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThank you to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for joining us in this effort to hold the administration accountable and to get answers to these important questions.
He also argued that the Lausanne, Switzerland–based organization should be held accountable for misinforming hosts about the real risks.
A PBC has an obligation to state a public purpose beyond profit, to fulfill that purpose as part of the responsibilities of its directors, and to be accountable for so doing.
50 years later, Milton Friedman’s shareholder doctrine is dead | jakemeth | September 13, 2020 | Fortune
Then we all have to do our part to engage the officers and our community, and hold everyone accountable in the process.
When companies do bad things they ought to be held accountable for them.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB? | Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is freedom, and accountable both legally and socially to the free choices of others around them.
The American people need to rise up and hold their elected officials accountable.
I hope that America is going to hold Cuba accountable in public opinion.
They did not feel accountable for their deeds or thoughts or words to an irresistible Power working for righteousness or truth.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordThey held us accountable for the conduct of those who had left, and vented the malignity of their unfeeling hearts upon us.
By a train of events for which she is not accountable the question has become of importance to you.
Tristram of Blent | Anthony HopeSometimes we can hardly be held accountable for what we do; especially when our sense of justice is sorely taxed.
Three Little Women | Gabrielle E. JacksonCommanding officers accountable for proper training of organizations; field efficiency; team-work.
Manual of Military Training | James A. Moss
British Dictionary definitions for accountable
/ (əˈkaʊntəbəl) /
responsible to someone or for some action; answerable
able to be explained
Derived forms of accountable
- accountability, noun
- accountably, adverb
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