Definition of Inexplicable

Inexplicable

Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery.

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Inexplicable Quotations

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
John Steinbeck

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Douglas Adams

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable.
Arthur Schopenhauer

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
H. L. Mencken

I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of inexplicable.
Joel Coen

But figuring out Saddam Hussein was one our greatest mysteries. He marched to his own drummer and frequently as this unfolded he made decisions which were sometimes inexplicable to us and sometimes didn't look very smart.
Brent Scowcroft

Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life.
Giorgio de Chirico

No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay in the advent of help from the loyal States.
Henry Villard

Japan's inexplicable lack of response to even consider a move to re-open their market to U.S. beef will sorely tempt economic trade action against Japan.
Saxby Chambliss

He was one of those inexplicable gifts of nature, an artist who leaps over boundaries, changes our nervous systems, creates a new language, transmits new kinds of joy to our startled senses and spirits.
Jack Kroll

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.
Margot Fonteyn

Friendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.
Max Jacob

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Inexplicable Translations

inexplicable in Latin is inedicabilis
inexplicable in Norwegian is uforklarlig

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