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inexplicable

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in·ex·pli·ca·ble  (n-kspl-k-bl, nk-splk-bl)
adj.
Difficult or impossible to explain or account for.
in·expli·ca·bili·ty, in·expli·ca·ble·ness n.
in·expli·ca·bly adv.
inexplicable
Adjective
impossible to explain
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Adj.1.inexplicable - incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
incomprehensible
uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein
insoluble - admitting of no solution or explanation; "an insoluble doubt"
explicable - capable of being explicated or accounted for; "explicable behavior"
inexplicable
adjective unaccountable, strange, mysterious, baffling, enigmatic, incomprehensible, mystifying, unintelligible, insoluble, inscrutable, unfathomable, beyond comprehension << OPPOSITE explicable
Translations
Spanish inexplicable [ɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl] adj → inexplicable
French inexplicable [ɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl] adj → inexplicable
German inexplicable [ɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl] adj → unerklärlich
Italian inexplicable [ɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbl] adj → inesplicabile
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