as in unexplainable
impossible to explain
an inexplicable desire for ice cream at two in the morning
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In a faraway town, missing people return under inexplicable circumstances.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
The Hollywood power couple spent their wedding night in Oatman, which is as inexplicable as the presence of their ghosts.
—Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
To make the ambush even more inexplicable for Tarrell is that his devout mom is in favor of this, too, despite being just as much a victim of La’Ron’s chaos as Tarrell was.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
In an inexplicable cycle in which each woman gets a chance to engage in the world for two weeks while the other descends into a coma-like state naked on that bathroom floor, the efficacy of the Substance is maintained.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
The Hollywood power couple spent their wedding night in Oatman, which is as inexplicable as the presence of their ghosts.
—Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
To make the ambush even more inexplicable for Tarrell is that his devout mom is in favor of this, too, despite being just as much a victim of La’Ron’s chaos as Tarrell was.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
In an inexplicable cycle in which each woman gets a chance to engage in the world for two weeks while the other descends into a coma-like state naked on that bathroom floor, the efficacy of the Substance is maintained.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Inexplicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexplicable. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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