inscrutable
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable: an inscrutable smile.
incapable of being seen through physically; physically impenetrable: the inscrutable depths of the ocean.
Origin of inscrutable
1synonym study For inscrutable
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Other words from inscrutable
- in·scru·ta·bil·i·ty, in·scru·ta·ble·ness, noun
- in·scru·ta·bly, adverb
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Blind spots, communication breakdowns and incomprehensible secret selves may be endemic in this poetic rumination on things forever lost and inscrutable.
‘Drive My Car,’ a Japanese Study of Grief, Is the Most Entrancing Film of the Year | Nick Schager | November 16, 2021 | The Daily BeastEvery major tech company deploys AI and surveillance in ways that are inscrutable and often harmful.
An Open Letter to Tim Cook on Why Apple Should Compromise With Antitrust Regulators | Roger McNamee | September 9, 2021 | TimeWhile much of it is written in inscrutable scientific jargon, if you want to understand the scientific case for man-made global warming, look no further.
We read the 4000-page IPCC climate report so you don’t have to | Michael J. Coren | August 10, 2021 | QuartzI started to think of it more as an inscrutable collection of processes and a map of sensation to be felt and known, rather than a product to be controlled.
The concept continues to fascinate and fictional approaches keep coming, prodding us to wonder whether time travel is physically possible and, for that matter, makes logical sense in the face of its inscrutable paradoxes.
This Tenet Shows Time Travel May Be Possible - Issue 98: Mind | Sidney Perkowitz | March 24, 2021 | Nautilus
And yes, the NCAA recently rejiggered its Talumudically inscrutable rules in ways that will benefit the selfsame big five.
Welcome to the 2014 College Football Season: Exploitation, Florida State, and the Accused | Robert Silverman | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the underlying cause remains inscrutable—and still too dissimilar to draw general conclusions.
Let’s Put Things in Perspective: You’re Still Safer on a Military Base | Robert Beckhusen | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST[Laughs] Nina seems to me to be the most inscrutable character—the most opaque character—and fascinating because of it.
‘The Americans’ Showrunners Dissect the Secrets of Season 2 | Andrew Romano | February 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe characters are inscrutable, the plotting careless, and, at every opportunity, Bowles subverts the dramatic stakes.
American Dreams, 1943: 'Two Serious Ladies' by Jane Bowles | Nathaniel Rich | May 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTJamie Malanowski on the legacy of an inscrutable rock-and-roll legend.
Behind the Levon Helm Biopic 'Ain't in It For My Health' | Jamie Malanowski | April 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe glowing world seemed peopled by tiny folk, living out their timid, inscrutable lives around him.
Uncanny Tales | VariousEach step he had taken in the inquiry only plunged him deeper and deeper into an inscrutable problem.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxThe young agent had a certain inscrutable air about him, for all his youth, which was most disturbing.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanThe latter glanced swiftly at Lechmere, but he could make nothing of the other's inscrutable face.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteNo one gave her any heed except as the Cousin girl walked by her several times, watching her with inscrutable eyes.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh Pendexter
British Dictionary definitions for inscrutable
/ (ɪnˈskruːtəbəl) /
incomprehensible; mysterious or enigmatic
Origin of inscrutable
1Derived forms of inscrutable
- inscrutability or inscrutableness, noun
- inscrutably, adverb
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