adjective
inexplicable
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adjective
1
Impossible to explain or understand.
"For some inexplicable reason, the lights kept flickering all night."
"Her sudden change of heart was inexplicable to her friends."
How to Use Inexplicable
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSo strange or mysterious there's simply no explaining it.
Common pairings
for some inexplicable reason
utterly inexplicable
Word Forms
more inexplicable comparative, inexplicables plural, most inexplicable superlative
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Etymology
From Latin inexplicābilis — in- ("not") + explicābilis ("explicable").