inexplicable
adjective/ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl/
/ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl/
Word Family
- explain verb
- explanation noun
- explanatory adjective
- explicable adjective (≠ inexplicable)
- that cannot be understood or explained synonym incomprehensible
- inexplicable behaviour
- For some inexplicable reason he gave up a fantastic job.
Extra Examples- This theory makes sense of an otherwise inexplicable phenomenon.
- For some inexplicable reason her mind went completely blank.
- He was shocked at the sudden, inexplicable sense of loss he felt.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- remain
- …
- completely
- quite
- totally
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin inexplicabilis ‘that cannot be unfolded’, from in- ‘not’ + explicabilis (from explicare, from ex- ‘out’ + plicare ‘to fold’).
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