What does Inexplicable mean?
Definitions for Inexplicable
ɪnˈɛk splɪ kə bəl, ˌɪn ɪkˈsplɪk ə-in·ex·pli·ca·ble
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Princeton's WordNet
inexplicable, incomprehensibleadjective
incapable of being explained or accounted for
"inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
Wiktionary
inexplicableadjective
Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Inexplicableadjective
Incapable of being explained; not to be made intelligible.
Etymology: inexplicable, Fr. in and explico, Lat.
What could such apprehensions breed, but, as their nature is, inexplicable passions of mind, desires abhorring what they embrace, and embracing what they abhor? Richard Hooker.
To me at least this seems inexplicable, if light be nothing else than pression or motion propagated through ether. Newton.
None eludes sagacious reason more,
Than this obscure inexplicable pow'r. Richard Blackmore.
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inexplicable
Inexplicable is an adjective that refers to something that cannot be explained, understood, or interpreted due to its complexity, mystery, or obscurity. It often describes situations, events, or phenomena which are puzzling, enigmatic, or unfathomable.
Webster Dictionary
Inexplicableadjective
not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery
Etymology: [L. inexplicabilis: cf. F. inexplicable. See In- not, and Explicable.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inexplicable
in-eks′pli-ka-bl, adj. that cannot be explained: unintelligible.—ns. Inexplicabil′ity, Inex′plicableness.—adv. Inex′plicably.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Inexplicable in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Inexplicable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Inexplicable in a Sentence
It is inexplicable this could happen to a plane free of technical problems and with an experienced, Lufthansa-trained pilot.
The president’s decision to reward the Castro regime and begin the path toward the normalization of relations with Cuba is inexplicable.
This action is long overdue and follows an inexplicable series of events in which the White House played a role in selectively and surreptitiously providing the documents to our Chairman (Nunes), the White House has yet to explain why it attempted to conceal its role in the compilation of these materials. The White House is not a whistleblower and nothing that I was shown justifies such duplicitous conduct.
Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.
This star's dimming is unique and inexplicable.
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- متعذر تفسيرهArabic
- inexplicableCatalan, Valencian
- nevysvětlitelnýCzech
- unerklärlichGerman
- neklarigeblaEsperanto
- inexplicableSpanish
- käsittämätön, selittämätönFinnish
- inexplicableFrench
- inexplicable, inexplicábelGalician
- inesplicabile, inspiegabile, incomprensibileItalian
- 説明Japanese
- nesuprantamasLithuanian
- uforklarligNorwegian
- inexplicableOccitan
- inexplicávelPortuguese
- inexplicabilă, inexplicabil, neexplicabilRomanian
- необъяснимыйRussian
- pashpjegueshëmAlbanian
- oförklarligSwedish
- ที่อธิบายไม่ได้Thai
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