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
The Buffalo Sabres found a new, inexplicable way to lose Thursday night against the Utah Hockey Club.
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Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 21 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
The weirdest, most inexplicable part of the bizarre spectacle?
—Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
President Trump has cited this supposedly inexplicable trend.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 21 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
The weirdest, most inexplicable part of the bizarre spectacle?
—Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
President Trump has cited this supposedly inexplicable trend.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 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 21 Apr. 2025.
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