inexplicable
/in'eksplikəbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Incapable of being explained or accounted for: Describes something that cannot be understood, clarified, or made clear through reason or analysis. It implies a lack of a logical, understandable, or discoverable cause.
Usage and Examples
- General Usage:
- The sudden disappearance of the artifact remains inexplicable.
- She felt an inexplicable sense of sadness upon entering the empty room.
- Scientists were baffled by the inexplicable data from the experiment.
Advanced Usage
- "Inexplicable to someone": Used to emphasize that a specific person or group cannot understand something.
- His sudden anger was inexplicable to his friends, who knew him as a calm person.
- "Seemingly/Rather/Completely inexplicable": Modifiers used to describe the degree to which something cannot be explained.
- For a seemingly inexplicable reason, the system failed at the exact same time every day.
Variants and Related Words
- Inexplicably (adverb): In a manner that cannot be explained.
- The storm changed course inexplicably.
- Inexplicability (noun): The quality or state of being inexplicable.
- The inexplicability of the phenomenon fueled many theories.
Synonyms
- Unaccountable: Not able to be explained or understood.
- Incomprehensible: Impossible to understand.
- Unfathomable: Incapable of being fully explored or understood.
- Mysterious: Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.
Antonyms
- Explicable: Able to be accounted for or understood.
- Comprehensible: Able to be understood; intelligible.
- Explainable: Capable of being explained.
Idioms and Phrases
- Defy explanation: To be impossible to explain (a phrase with a similar meaning to 'inexplicable').
- The optical illusion defies explanation for many viewers.
Adjective
- incapable of being explained or accounted for
- inexplicable errors
- left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons