as in unexplainable
impossible to explain
an inexplicable desire for ice cream at two in the morning
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Recent Examples of inexplicable
Secondly, the money doesn't line up properly, unless the Cowboys for some inexplicable reason are willing to take back Deshaun Watson.
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
My case is a bit more extreme because the pain is inexplicable, but the mind is very important — very, very important.
—Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Perhaps even more inexplicable than this show even making it to air is the fact that another network then essentially did a variation on the same thing!
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Despite all the industry hype and genuine advances, generative AI models are still prone to odd, inexplicable, and downright worrisome quirks.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
My case is a bit more extreme because the pain is inexplicable, but the mind is very important — very, very important.
—Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Perhaps even more inexplicable than this show even making it to air is the fact that another network then essentially did a variation on the same thing!
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Despite all the industry hype and genuine advances, generative AI models are still prone to odd, inexplicable, and downright worrisome quirks.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inexplicable
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“Inexplicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexplicable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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