unaccountable
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbl/
:
no responsable
- Do you want this to be an acceptable low level of unaccountable behavior for a government?
- largely unaccountable
- unaccountable government
- unaccountable decision
But these are non elected, unaccountable, bureaucratic woke bodies, Megan.
- But these are non elected, unaccountable, bureaucratic woke bodies, Megan.
- They are just unaccountable private, private life ruiners.
Examples
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But where is the democracy in America, ruled as it is by an unaccountable power elite?
Blog text (18) -
Resource use under such conditions was unaccountable and unsustainable.
Academic text (2000) -
In other words, the bishops remain to this day basically unaccountable in the USA.
Blog text (10) -
When some people think they are unaccountable for their words, they seem to lose all self-control.
Blog text (31) -
The problem there is not the lack of statehood, but corrupt and unaccountable governance.
Academic text (2007) -
The West is also the answer, in Sisi's view, to the sycophantic and unaccountable Middle East media.
Academic text (2014) -
The second condemns the international lawmaking process as unaccountable and its results as unenforceable.
Academic text (2000) -
In that, the World Bank, whose decision-making process is constitutionally unaccountable to those it is supposed to serve, has failed spectacularly.
Academic text (1992) -
But an entrenched and unaccountable bureaucracy has created many roadblocks for both external and internal investments.
Academic text (2002) -
Many citizens are frustrated by the unaccountable actions of their elected officials.unaccountable
Synonyms
Not the person or group who must accept blame for something
Antonyms
How Accountable
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Surface Forms
Morphology
unaccountable = accountable (transparent) = un + account + able
Formed by prefixing 'un-' to the adjective 'accountable' meaning 'responsible', so learners can infer 'not responsible' from the parts.
Etymology
Unaccountable comes from un- 'not' plus account 'to explain or record', the same root you see in count and accountant. So, when someone is unaccountable in this sense, they are 'not required to explain' their actions and do not have to answer to others.