unaccountable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unaccountable in British English:
UK [ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbl]
How to pronounce unaccountable in American English:
US [ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- not to be accounted for or explained
- free from control or responsibility
Word Origin
- unaccountable (adj.)
- 1640s, "inexplicable," from un- (1) "not" + accountable. Meaning "not liable to be called to account" is recorded from 1640s. Related: Unaccountably; unaccountability; unaccountableness.
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Example
- 1. An insane person is unaccountable for his actions .
- 2. I 'm unaccountable to tell you about this .
- 3. Spain 's democracy has given too much unaccountable power to the two main parties .
- 4. For some unaccountable reason , the letter never arrived .
- 5. Before modern linguistics , the meaning of a word was assumed to be unaccountable .