unaccountable

  • 11unaccountable — UK [ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) people or organizations that are unaccountable do not have to explain their actions or decisions to anyone else. This word shows that you do not approve of people or organizations like this faceless and… …

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  • 12unaccountable — unaccountableness, unaccountability, n. unaccountably, adv. /un euh kown teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable: The boat has an unaccountable tendency to yaw. 2. exempt from being called to account; not… …

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  • 13unaccountable — adj. unaccountable to * * * [ˌʌnə kaʊntəb(ə)l] unaccountable to …

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  • 14unaccountable — adjective formal 1 very surprising and difficult to explain: Patrick s disappearance was quite unaccountable. 2 not having to explain your actions or decisions to anyone else: It is not acceptable that the governors of this institution should be… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15unaccountable — adjective 1) for some unaccountable reason, the dogs have been pacing the floor all evening Syn: inexplicable, insoluble, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, puzzling, perplexing, baffling, bewildering, mystifying, mysterious,… …

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  • 16unaccountable — [ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəb(ə)l] adj 1) people or organizations that are unaccountable do not have to explain their actions or decisions to anyone else 2) formal difficult or impossible to explain or understand unaccountably adv …

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  • 17unaccountable — adjective Date: 1643 1. not to be accounted for ; inexplicable, strange 2. not to be called to account ; not responsible • unaccountability noun …

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  • 18unaccountable — adjective a) inexplicable; unable to account for, or explain b) not responsible; free from accountability or control …

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  • 19unaccountable — Synonyms and related words: adrift, afloat, agnostic, aimless, alternating, ambiguous, amorphous, antic, baffling, bizarre, capricious, casual, causeless, chancy, changeable, changeful, chartered, designless, desultory, deviable, dicey,… …

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  • 20unaccountable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inexplicable, mysterious, strange; not responsible, unanswerable. See unconformity, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. strange, odd, peculiar; see mysterious 2 , unusual 1 . III (Roget s …

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