unaccountable
adjective
un·ac·count·able
ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇n-tə-bəl 
1
: not to be accounted for : inexplicable, strange
2
: not to be called to account : not responsible
Examples of unaccountable in a Sentence
She has shown an unaccountable reluctance to accept their offer.
the decorator's client has an unaccountable dislike for that color
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Rand Paul, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
The next administrator should look to make a sprawling, unaccountable agency more focused.
—Rohit Arora, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The projects have helped transform the Brazilian Amazon into an epicenter of a largely unaccountable global industry with sales, according to market research, of nearly $11 billion.
—Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
One is sort of an independent, unaccountable, unelected FBI, like the one that Hoover ran.
—Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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unaccountable
adjective
un·ac·count·able
ˌən-ə-ˈkau̇nt-ə-bəl
1
2
: not to be called to account : not responsible
unaccountably
adverb
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