unaccountable
[uhn-uh-koun-tuh-buh l]
- impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable: The boat has an unaccountable tendency to yaw.
- exempt from being called to account; not answerable: As a subordinate, he is unaccountable for errors in policy.
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Origin of unaccountable
Synonyms
See more synonyms for unaccountable on Thesaurus.com1. incomprehensible, inscrutable, mysterious, unintelligible. 2. unanswerable, irresponsible.
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Examples from the Web for unaccountable
Contemporary Examples
And the new channels tend to be underground, indirect, and unaccountable.
And then cue the 501(c)(4) nonprofits, which are also unaccountable and almost totally opaque, as conduits for secret giving.
Eleven unaccountable federal judges cannot make these monumental decisions in secret ex parte proceedings.
Netanyahu and Lieberman believe they are unaccountable because they have never been called to account.
In Iran, we see where the path of a violent and unaccountable ideology leads.
Historical Examples
The unaccountable change in Eudora's character perplexed and troubled her.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
It made a body feel creepy, it was so curious and unaccountable.
Tom Sawyer AbroadMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
This was Evadna in a new and unaccountable mood, it seemed to him.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
That is all I can tell you of that unaccountable being, myself.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
He accepted it as he accepted all the unaccountable doings and manifestations of the gods.
White FangJack London
unaccountable
- allowing of no explanation; inexplicable
- puzzling; extraordinaryan unaccountable fear of hamburgers
- not accountable or answerable to
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Word Origin and History for unaccountable
adj.
1640s, "inexplicable," from un- (1) "not" + accountable. Meaning "not liable to be called to account" is recorded from 1640s. Related: Unaccountably.
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