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单词 unaccountability
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unaccountabilityn.

Brit. /ˌʌnəˌkaʊntəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənəˌkaʊn(t)əˈbɪlᵻdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unaccountable adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < unaccountable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare unaccountableness n., accountability n.
(un- prefix1 6. See unaccountable adj. and n.)
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [noun]
inexplicableness1652
unexplicableness1662
unaccountableness1676
unaccountability1704
inexplicability1804
indecipherableness1806
indecipherability1894
unanalysability1941
1704 J. Swift Let. 20 Apr. in Corr. (1963) I. 45 There is more unaccountability in your letter's little finger than in mine's whole body.
1794 A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 31 With all his good taste in literature and ladies, he has some unaccountabilities—I was going to have said eccentricities.
1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 68 Moreover, many anomalies and unaccountabilities accompanied the growth.
1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 17 The notions of arbitrary impulses, causeless freaks, chance and nonsense and indefinite unaccountability.
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