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Definition of Inexplicable

1. Adjective. Incapable of being explained or accounted for. "Left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"

Definition of Inexplicable

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

Definition of Inexplicable

1. Adjective. Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for. ¹

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Definition of Inexplicable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inexplicable

Literary usage of Inexplicable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"The reason that we cannot treat the concept of a Technic of nature dogmatically is the fact that a natural purpose is inexplicable We deal with a concept ..."

2. Course of the History of Modern Philosophy by Victor Cousin, Orlando Williams Wight (1853)
"That the principle of causality is inexplicable by the sentiment of the will alone.—Of the true formation of the principle of causality. ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1895)
"There is an almost inexplicable charm about these faint attendants of bright stars, which is quite different from the interest attaching to a close and ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Where an evil act seemed inexplicable or fatal, it was supposed to have been ordained of God (Judges ix. 23; I Sam. xxvi. 19). Later Judaism treated such as ..."

5. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"In 992 we have the first of the long series of " inexplicable treasons"2 of ... inexplicable ..."

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