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[ uhn-uh-koun-tuh-buhl ] / ˌʌn əˈkaʊn tə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unaccountable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveimpossible 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. Origin of unaccountableFirst recorded in 1635–45; un-1 + accountable SYNONYMS FOR unaccountable1 incomprehensible, inscrutable, mysterious, unintelligible. 2 unanswerable, irresponsible. SEE SYNONYMS FOR unaccountable ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM unaccountableun·ac·count·a·ble·ness, un·ac·count·a·bil·i·ty, nounun·ac·count·a·bly, adverbWords nearby unaccountableunaccented, unacceptable, unaccommodated, unaccompanied, unaccomplished, unaccountable, unaccounted, unaccounted-for, unaccustomed, unacknowledged, una corda Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unaccountableAnd the new channels tend to be underground, indirect, and unaccountable. The Answer to the McCutcheon Decision Is More Big Money in Politics|Jonathan Rauch|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST And then cue the 501(c)(4) nonprofits, which are also unaccountable and almost totally opaque, as conduits for secret giving. The Answer to the McCutcheon Decision Is More Big Money in Politics|Jonathan Rauch|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Eleven unaccountable federal judges cannot make these monumental decisions in secret ex parte proceedings. The Secret FISA Court Must Go|Jennifer Granick, Christopher Sprigman|July 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST Netanyahu and Lieberman believe they are unaccountable because they have never been called to account. How Obama Can Get Tough With Bibi|Lara Friedman|December 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In Iran, we see where the path of a violent and unaccountable ideology leads. Full Text of Obama's Speech to the UN -- Update: Video Added|Justin Green|September 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST People do strange and unaccountable things at times—generally the last people in the world who would be likely to do them. A Frontier Mystery|Bertram Mitford In some curious, unaccountable fashion, Little Tapin seemed to know all these by name. Zut and Other Parisians|Guy Wetmore Carryl But the moment she heard the shots, unaccountable, undefinable dread seized her. Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies|Chas. G Mutzenberg But—and this, for some unaccountable reason, she did not tell Walter—she had had an outspoken explanation with Karner. Comrade Yetta|Albert Edwards I should have been back before but some unaccountable inclination made me break my journey at Rouen. The Crime Club|William Holt-White
British Dictionary definitions for unaccountable
adjectiveallowing of no explanation; inexplicable puzzling; extraordinaryan unaccountable fear of hamburgers not accountable or answerable to Derived forms of unaccountableunaccountableness or unaccountability, noununaccountably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unaccountableunintelligible, impenetrable, unheard-of, unfathomable, arcane, inexplicable, astonishing, baffling, extraordinary, incomprehensible, inscrutable, mystic, odd, peculiar, puzzling, strange, uncommon, unusual, unexplainable, unwonted |