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inexplainable

American  
[in-ik-spley-nuh-buhl] / ˌɪn ɪkˈspleɪ nə bəl /

adjective

  1. not explainable; incapable of being explained; inexplicable.

Etymology

Origin of inexplainable

First recorded in 1615–25; in- 3 + explainable ( def. )

Example Sentences

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True, he picked it up like a flash, and put himself on guard, but how it was that a veteran like him could have made such a slip was totally inexplainable to his foe.

From The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

The third, and to me the most remarkable, class is found not in certain personages or superstitious and determined proceedings, but in sudden and capricious scenes, and in improbable and inexplainable apparitions.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

Now comes the wonderful, inexplainable, part of the story.

From Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks by Pidgin, Charles Felton

The Pawnees knew of a verity that the Shawanoe must be an excellent swimmer, and it certainly was inexplainable if he did not reappear.

From Footprints in the Forest by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

For some inexplainable reason the whole idea struck him suddenly as offensive, distinctly offensive, as if Fate, the impatient waiter, had snatched away a yet untasted plate.

From Little Eve Edgarton by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

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