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unaccountable
[uhn-uh-koun-tuh-buhl]
adjective
impossible to account for; unexplained; inexplicable.
The boat has an unaccountable tendency to yaw.
Synonyms: , , ,exempt from being called to account; not answerable.
As a subordinate, he is unaccountable for errors in policy.
Synonyms: ,
unaccountable
/ ˌʌəˈ첹ʊԳəə /
adjective
allowing of no explanation; inexplicable
puzzling; extraordinary
an unaccountable fear of hamburgers
not accountable or answerable to
Other 51Թ Forms
- unaccountableness noun
- unaccountability noun
- unaccountably adverb
- ˌܲԲˈdzܲԳٲ adverb
- ˌܲԲˈdzܲԳٲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of unaccountable1
Example Sentences
Philosopher Elizabeth Anderson argues that the workplace operates as an “arbitrary and unaccountable” dictatorship, in which employers exercise control of workers inside and outside of the workplace:
Rather, they’ve ginned up accusations that the bureau had used legal settlements to accumulate a “slush fund” — meaning its Civil Penalty Fund — to “provide unaccountable funding to leftist nonprofits.”
He said a government minister would be "legally bound" to follow proposals of the assembly's "unelected and unaccountable" members.
“It creates an entirely unaccountable system of unilateral authority in the hands of individual officers to make incredibly weighty choices.”
His predecessor, Joe Biden, pointedly used his final Oval Office address to warn of a dangerous oligarchy of unaccountable billionaires forming around Trump that threatens the basic rights and freedoms of Americans.
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