adj
Meaning 1
Inexplicable; unable to be accounted for or explained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unaccountable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbl̩/
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 K AW1 N T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not responsible; free from accountability or control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not to be accounted for or explained
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress
- an unexplainable fear
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unexplainable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
free from control or responsibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English accountable English unaccountable From un- + accountable.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: необясним (neobjasnim) — Inexplicable
- Dutch: onverklaarbaar — Inexplicable
- Finnish: selittämätön — Inexplicable
- Bulgarian: освободен от отговорност (osvoboden ot otgovornost) — Not responsible
- Dutch: onaansprakelijk — Not responsible
- Finnish: vastuuton — Not responsible
- French: qui n'a pas de compte à rendre — Not responsible
- Ancient Greek: ἀνεύθυνος (aneúthunos) — Not responsible
- Polish: nieodpowiedzialny — Not responsible
- Russian: неподотчётный (nepodotčótnyj) — Not responsible