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
But after a swift recovery, Camille is struck by an inexplicable pain that gradually takes hold of him, threatening his dreams of greatness.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 May 2025
Yet, despite what headlines, internet echo chambers and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may tell you, this rise does not point to an inexplicable spike in the number of people being born with autism.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Oh, an inexplicable Rube Goldberg machine of death?
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
But through a series of inexplicable events, the clinic was completely empty on Saturday when the car exploded outside.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 10 May 2025
Yet, despite what headlines, internet echo chambers and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may tell you, this rise does not point to an inexplicable spike in the number of people being born with autism.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Oh, an inexplicable Rube Goldberg machine of death?
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
But through a series of inexplicable events, the clinic was completely empty on Saturday when the car exploded outside.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for inexplicable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexplicable
unexplainable
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In the pantheon of unexplainable things in this world, what went wrong with KJ Jefferson last season could be among things like Bigfoot, UFOs and where that one sock goes in the dryer.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2025
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The Moorehead family isn’t the only one left to navigate an unexplainable tragedy.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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“Inexplicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexplicable. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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