inexplicable
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7.8
- adjective
- /ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl/
:
inexplicable
- Her sudden change in behavior was inexplicable, leaving everyone in her life confused and concerned.
- inexplicable behavior
- inexplicable action
- seems inexplicable
And then there's other parts that are so inexplicable and impossible to fully understand.
- And then there's other parts that are so inexplicable and impossible to fully understand.
- I find the emission is almost inexplicable.
- To us, such talent is inexplicable.
- And Anselm is going to come go on and say, I see in this something wonderful and inexplicable.
- So the incidence of Caribou herds dying in Lapland in recent months for inexplicable reasons or bees starting to disappear.
- In those years, an inventor named Juan Baigori Velar was using a custom made machine to detect minerals when he observed inexplicable rains.
- It was I've read in some biographies of of Planck that it was it was essentially a leap of genius, almost inexplicable.
- It's it is a strange kind of inexplicable Gray zone there.
- It took a burden on an inexplicable burden.
- I'm happy to be here in honor of the inexplicable mystery of Elliott's sound, OK?
- The solicitor coming from Cash is also inexplicable.
- The answer is because they've normally had an inexplicable experience that something has happened to them.
- Even today with all the the modern shares all that stuff, it's very, very some really inexplicable stuff there.
Examples
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His music is mysterious, inexplicable, wonderful, intoxicating...
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What I remember was silence, which seemed inexplicable to me even then.
Academic text (2011) -
Have we moved away from just the explanation of a single inexplicable event?
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But what about that makes it inexplicable?
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Some of the group believed this, I think, after certain inexplicable circumstances were pointed out.
Fiction book (1997) -
Within months, 21 other people associated with the opening of the tomb, died in inexplicable ways.
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The eyes of these survivors always showed an inexplicable determination to live.
Fiction book (1995) -
Eventually, you will come upon a village wracked by an inexplicable plague.
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Reports have come in from all over the globe of inexplicable objects being sighted in the sky.
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Shwezigon boasts many inexplicable wonders that endow this consecrated site with a sense of mystery.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
498
5.1
Hard to understand or explain because it seems strange
46
8.8
Difficult or impossible to understand
42
4.6
Hard to understand or explain
31
7.0
Very surprising or hard to understand
27
8.1
Hard to understand and often seems mysterious
27
6.4
Hard to understand and causing confusion
23
8.6
Very hard to understand or measure how deep something is
19
7.0
Something people cannot understand or find a clear reason for
19
7.4
Something you cannot find out or understand
12
8.9
Hard to understand because it shows no clear meaning or feeling
1
7.4
Hard to explain or understand
1
9.3
Hard to understand, like a puzzle
1
8.2
Not possible to understand or explain
1
8.6
Difficult to understand even after thinking about it
Very hard to understand
Hard to understand or explain
Not possible for people to know or understand
Antonyms
How Explainable
Surface Forms
Morphology
inexplicable = explicable (semi-transparent) = in + explic + able
For learners who know 'explicable', adding negative 'in-' gives the straightforward meaning 'not explicable'.
Etymology
The word inexplicable begins with in- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from a word that meant 'to unfold' or 'explain', the same root as explain. So, inexplicable is 'not able to be explained', which is why it means 'mysterious'.