unaccountable

[US]/ʌnə'kaʊntəb(ə)l/
[UK]/'ʌnə'kaʊntəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not responsible; difficult to explain; inexplicable

Phrases & Collocations

an unaccountable error

unaccountable behavior

an unaccountable decision

Example Sentences

a strange and unaccountable fact.

an executive unaccountable to anyone but the president.

unaccountable absences; unaccountable errors.

An insane person is unaccountable for his actions.

The driver was held unaccountable for the accident.

I often suffer from unaccountable headaches.

Real-world Examples

Too Much Information he says is in the hands of unaccountable government agency.

Source: NPR News October 2013 Collection

I just find that it's unaccountable to — we have no control over them.

Source: NPR News September 2015 Collection

She vowed to get unaccountable money out of politics once and for all, even if that takes a constitutional amendment.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

They ordered armed, unaccountable men upon her.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) May 2019 Compilation

It challenged political structures and it became unaccountable.

Source: BBC Ideas

Master Frederick, to be sure, had gone over unaccountable.

Source: The South and the North (Part 2)

Yet Matthew wished to keep her, of all unaccountable things!

Source: Anne of Green Gables (Original Version)

But this most unaccountable of damsels frowned and shook her head.

Source: Murder at the golf course

The laugh and that uncanny glance, the unaccountable emotion, were extraordinarily significant.

Source: Magician

What possessed him to go posting off to London in this unaccountable way?

Source: The Mystery of Styles Court

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