as in unexplainable
impossible to explain
the decorator's client has an unaccountable dislike for that color
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Recent Examples of unaccountable
Politicians have abdicated their responsibility to unelected, unaccountable technology leaders.
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Marietje Schaake, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2024
Thus it was viewed as not only secretive but somewhat unaccountable for its actions.
—Ron Insana, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
The group believes the vetting process and interviews by consular officials can be too subjective and unaccountable.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
While the regulation of pharmaceutical practices is an important issue, debates on that subject should be conducted by lawmakers and regulators in Annapolis and Washington, D.C. — not in courtrooms with unaccountable law firms.
—Lauren Sheets Jarrell, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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Marietje Schaake, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2024
Thus it was viewed as not only secretive but somewhat unaccountable for its actions.
—Ron Insana, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024
The group believes the vetting process and interviews by consular officials can be too subjective and unaccountable.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
While the regulation of pharmaceutical practices is an important issue, debates on that subject should be conducted by lawmakers and regulators in Annapolis and Washington, D.C. — not in courtrooms with unaccountable law firms.
—Lauren Sheets Jarrell, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaccountable
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There has always been something unexplainable about the 33-year-old’s game.Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
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These are unexplainable phenomena scattered throughout the game’s world that can kill an unwary player in an instant.Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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The lines — in banana yellows, tangerine oranges, cranberry reds — twist and turn and suggest an irrational understanding of how the universe works.Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2024
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To prevent yourself from imposing irrational penalties, set up house rules that outline logical consequences in advance.Leslie Garisto Pfaff, Parents, 12 Dec. 2024
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Which brings us back to the Russian dark ops and the inexplicable restraint of the Biden White House over helping Ukraine.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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And many Democrats were stunned by the Harris campaign's inexplicable embrace of unpopular Bush-era Republicans like former Rep. Liz Cheney as a stunt to attract support from moderate and former GOP voters.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Left in the dust ‘Cruise’ driverless robot taxis are seen at a parking lot as California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) revokes its self-driving car permit and citing ‘unreasonable risk to public safety’ in San Francisco, California, USA on October 24, 2023.Kristian Burt, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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To determine whether those amounts posed an unreasonable risk of harm, the agency compared them to a specific benchmark — the highest concentration of formaldehyde measured by government monitors in outdoor air between 2015 and 2020.Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Unaccountable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaccountable. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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