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My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?
Virginia Woolf

Meaning of "unaccountable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNACCOUNTABLE

unaccountable  [ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNACCOUNTABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unaccountable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNACCOUNTABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unaccountable in the English dictionary

The first definition of unaccountable in the dictionary is allowing of no explanation; inexplicable. Other definition of unaccountable is puzzling; extraordinary. Unaccountable is also not accountable or answerable to.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNACCOUNTABLE


accomptable
əˈkaʊntəbəl
accountable
əˈkaʊntəbəl
countable
ˈkaʊntəbəl
discountable
dɪsˈkaʊntəbəl
insurmountable
ˌɪnsəˈmaʊntəbəl
lamentable
ˈlæməntəbəl
mountable
ˈmaʊntəbəl
paintable
ˈpeɪntəbəl
plantable
ˈplɑːntəbəl
presentable
prɪˈzɛntəbəl
preventable
prɪˈvɛntəbəl
printable
ˈprɪntəbəl
rediscountable
riːˈdɪskaʊntəbəl
rentable
ˈrɛntəbəl
representable
ˌreprɪˈzentəbəl
surmountable
sɜːˈmaʊntəbəl
transplantable
trænsˈplɑːntəbəl
uncountable
ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl
unprintable
ʌnˈprɪntəbəl
unsurmountable
ˌʌnsɜːˈmaʊntəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNACCOUNTABLE

unacceptance
unaccepted
unacclimated
unacclimatised
unacclimatized
unaccommodated
unaccommodating
unaccompanied
unaccomplished
unaccountability
unaccountableness
unaccountably
unaccounted
unaccredited
unaccrued
unacculturated
unaccusable
unaccusably
unaccused
unaccustomed

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNACCOUNTABLE

able
acceptable
adjustable
charitable
comfortable
inevitable
notable
on the table
palatable
portable
profitable
reputable
stable
suitable
table
timetable
unacceptable
uncomfortable
unforgettable
unstable
vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of unaccountable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNACCOUNTABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unaccountable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unaccountable

Translation of «unaccountable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNACCOUNTABLE

Find out the translation of unaccountable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unaccountable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unaccountable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不负责任
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inexplicable
570 millions of speakers

English

unaccountable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अकथनीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير خاضعة للمساءلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

необъяснимым
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inexplicável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অকারণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inexplicable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dapat dipertanggungjawabkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unerklärlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

説明できない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

설명 할 수없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora bisa dianggep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh kỳ khôi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கம்ஃபர்டபிள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अयोग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sorumsuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irresponsabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezrozumiały
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нез´ясовним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inexplicabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασύδοτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onverklaarbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oförklar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uforklarlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unaccountable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNACCOUNTABLE»

The term «unaccountable» is regularly used and occupies the 85.085 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNACCOUNTABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unaccountable

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7 QUOTES WITH «UNACCOUNTABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unaccountable.
1
James Dobson
Prayer and dependence on God has been our history. How unfortunate it is now that an unaccountable and unelected and misguided judge from Wisconsin, Judge Barbara Crabb, has declared National Days of Prayer - established by the Congress - to be unconstitutional.
2
Sue Gardner
Wikipedia has experienced censorship at the hands of industry groups and governments, and we are - increasingly, I think - seeing important decisions made by unaccountable, non-transparent corporate players, a shift from the open web to mobile walled gardens, and a shift from the production-based Internet to one that's consumption-based.
3
Richard Jefferies
To the darkness and the night, the spirits seem to have a natural claim - it is their realm; the boldest of us have sometimes felt an unaccountable creeping in the thick darkness.
4
Jonathan Mayhew
It would be stupid tameness, and unaccountable folly, for whole nations to suffer one unreasonable, ambitious and cruel man, to wanton and riot in their misery.
5
Lewis Thomas
Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable, and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself.
6
Vitruvius
Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such a variety of learning; but the close alliance with each other, of the different branches of science, will explain the difficulty.
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Virginia Woolf
My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNACCOUNTABLE»

Discover the use of unaccountable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unaccountable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How ...
Unaccountable is a powerful, no-nonsense, non-partisan diagnosis for healing our hospitals and reforming our broken healthcare system.
Martin Makary, 2012
2
Unaccountable: How the Accounting Profession Forfeited a ...
In Unaccountable: How the Accounting Profession Forfeited a Public Trust, former communications director for KPMG and business journalist Mike Brewster explores the fascinating transformation of CPAs from independent voices on behalf of the ...
Mike Brewster, 2003
3
Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite
For more than 15 years, Ross was a British diplomat on the frontlines of numerous international crises, including the war in Afghanistan.
Carne Ross, 2007
4
Unaccountable accounting
Describes accounting theory and the dubious practices that have emerged in recent years, urging reform to restore the integrity of the accounting profession
Abraham J. Briloff, 1972
5
Unaccountable Hours: Three Novellas
Like Water tells the story of an unlikely friendship and subsequent romance that develops between two kindred spirits, Matthew and Beatrice, two soulmates born generations apart.
Stephen Scourfield, 2012
6
Unaccountable Congress: It Doesn't Add Up
In this new edition, he traces events since 1992 that have directly contributed to today's economic crisis-from its roots in misguided financial legislation and lack of oversight and political accountability through massive increases in ...
Joseph J. DioGuardi, 2010
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Unaccountable: How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt Our Finances, ...
A groundbreaking book that challenges Americans to reevaluate our views on how corruption and private interests have infiltrated every level of society.
Janine Wedel, 2014
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The Unaccountable & Ungovernable Corporation: Companies' ...
THE. UNACCOUNTABLE. &. UNGOVERNABLE. CORPORATION. The corporation is a major vehicle of business activity worldwide. It incurs social costs and generates benefits that continually change – hence, whether it still provides a net ...
Frank Clarke, Graeme Dean, Matthew Egan, 2014
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Unaccountable
From the deep South of Alabama to Washington D.C., this book will leave you breathless as the web of secrets, deceit and murder unfold, secrets the beautiful Rachel Wilson's father took to his grave, secrets J.J. Smith and Diane Anderson ...
Carol J. Sullivan, 2007
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The Coercive Animal
Unaccountable ideas require coercive human authorities. Under unaccountable systems of thought, our mental animations become the property of human animation. Individual human animations lead us to specific human authorities that ...
James S. Serilla, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNACCOUNTABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unaccountable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hillary: We Must Eliminate 'Secret, Unaccountable Money'
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton declared “We have to stop the endless flow of secret, unaccountable money” during her campaign ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
2
CNN Picks Up on the Irony of Hillary's 'Unaccountable Money' Line
cnn During her first campaign rally today, Hillary Clinton railed against the rise of unaccountable secret money in politics, a line CNN's Brianna Keilar picked up ... «Mediaite, Jun 15»
3
Fiorina: Government is 'giant, bloated, unaccountable'
"You got it going on, girl," Carly Fiorina told a young admirer after her Roast & Ride speech, pointing to the girl's painted toenails. Unlike six other candidates at ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jun 15»
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Hillary Clinton campaign embraces 'unaccountable' big-money …
Hillary Clinton has embarked on a fundraising drive with high-dollar donors after her campaign admitted she was embracing the system of big-money political ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Hillary Op-Ed: Get 'Unaccountable Money' out of Politics
Putative Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton published an op-ed in the Des Moines Register Monday morning voicing the (very vague) themes of her nascent ... «Mediaite, Apr 15»
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Hillary Clinton's Double Standard on 'Unaccountable Money'
Credit: Karen Smith Murphy / photo on flickrBill and Hillary Clinton are to money what the Gulf of Mexico is to the Mississippi River: the inevitable destination of a ... «Reason, Apr 15»
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LAW OF THE LAND
Rather, I am pointing out that the current notion that federal judges are unaccountable because they have lifetime appointments is one of the greatest lies of our ... «WND.com, Feb 15»
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Milo Yiannopoulos: Powerful Silicon Valley Elite 'Almost Entirely …
... but they are almost entirely unaccountable to ordinary consumers,” he says. “There's a gap between marketing spiel and reality at Facebook—the 'connecting ... «Breitbart News, Jan 15»
9
America's “Deep State”: Unaccountable Shadow Government
The Deep State that he describes is a type of largely unaccountable shadow or parallel government that operates at the international and domestic levels as a ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Dec 14»
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Outsourced and unaccountable: this is the future of local government
Outsourced and unaccountable: this is the future of local government. Aditya Chakrabortty. The gutting of Barnet council means even births, deaths and ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»

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