Definitions for unaccountableˌʌn əˈkaʊn tə bəl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•ac•count•a•bleˌʌn əˈkaʊn tə bəl(adj.)

  1. impossible to account for; inexplicable.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. exempt from being called to account.

Origin of unaccountable:

1635–45

un`ac•count′a•bly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unaccountable, unexplainable(adj)

    not to be accounted for or explained

    "perceptible only as unaccountable influences that hinder progress"; "an unexplainable fear"

  2. unaccountable(adj)

    free from control or responsibility

Wiktionary

  1. unaccountable(Adjective)

    inexplicable; unable to account for, or explain

  2. unaccountable(Adjective)

    not responsible; free from accountability or control

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unaccountable(adj)

    not accountable or responsible; free from control

  2. Unaccountable(adj)

    not to be accounted for; inexplicable; not consonant with reason or rule; strange; mysterious


Translations for unaccountable

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

unaccountable(adjective)

that cannot be explained

his unaccountable absence.

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