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Unaccountable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNACCOUNT'ABLE, a.
1. Not to be accounted for. Such folly is unaccountable.
2. Not explicable; not to be solved by reason or the light possessed; not reducible to rule. The union of soul and body is to us unaccountable.
3. Not subject to account or control; not subject to answer; not responsible.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not to be accounted for or explained; "perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress"; "an unexplainable fear" [syn: unaccountable, unexplainable]
2: free from control or responsibility

Merriam Webster's

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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 unable to be explained. 2 unpredictable or strange in behaviour. 3 not responsible. Derivatives: unaccountability n. unaccountableness n. unaccountably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unaccountable Un`ac*count"a*ble, a. 1. Not accountable or responsible; free from control. --South. 2. Not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not consonant with reason or rule; strange; mysterious. -- Un`ac*count"a*ble*ness], n. -- Un`ac*count"a*bly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Something that is unaccountable does not seem to have any sensible explanation. For some unaccountable reason, it struck me as extremely funny... = inexplicable ADJ: usu ADJ n • unaccountably And then, unaccountably, she giggled... ADV 2. If you describe a person or organization as unaccountable, you are critical of them because they are not responsible to anyone for their actions, or do not feel they have to explain their actions to anyone. Economic policy in Europe should not be run by an unaccountable committee of governors of central banks. ADJ [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Strange, inexplicable, mysterious, incomprehensible, unintelligible. 2. Irresponsible.

Moby Thesaurus

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