Synonyms for unaccountable
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Incomprehensible — inexplicable; unable to be accounted for or explained
incomprehensible, irresponsible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, strange, unanswerable, unexplainable, unintelligible
Definitions
- adj. 1
Inexplicable; unable to be accounted for or explained.
Related words
- Word family
- unaccountableness
Example sentences
- irresponsible It is irresponsible of you to break your promise.
- incomprehensible This language is incomprehensible to me when spoken.
- inexplicable There was something inexplicable about the story.
- inscrutable She looked at him with an inscrutable expression.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unaccountable | rising | |
| irresponsible | falling | |
| incomprehensible | rising | |
| inexplicable | rising | |
| inscrutable | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- strange1
- 10 letters
- mysterious4
- 11 letters
- inscrutable4
- 12 letters
- inexplicable5, unanswerable5
- 13 letters
- irresponsible5, unexplainable5
- 14 letters
- unintelligible6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mysterious4 = 4 syllables).