inexplicable

(ĭn-ĕk'splĭ-kə-bəl, ĭn'ĭk-splĭk'ə-bəl)
adj.
Difficult or impossible to explain or account for.

inexplicability in·ex'pli·ca·bil'i·ty or in·ex'pli·ca·ble·ness n.
inexplicably in·ex'pli·ca·bly adv.

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adjective

That cannot be explained: unaccountable, unexplainable. See explain/baffle.

adj

Definition: beyond comprehension, explanation
Antonyms: comprehendible, explainable, explicable, intelligible, understandable

IN BRIEF: That which cannot be explained or understood.

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

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• Enlightenment, Truth, and the Unknowable - inexplicable: (adj) incapable of being explained or accounted for

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uforklarlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onverklaarbaar

Français (French)
adj. - inexplicable, inconcevable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unerklärlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεξήγητος

Italiano (Italian)
inesplicabile, incomprensibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inexplicável

Русский (Russian)
необъяснимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inexplicable, incomprensible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oförklarlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不能说明的, 费解的, 不能解释的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不能說明的, 費解的, 不能解釋的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불가해한, 설명할 수 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 説明のつかない, 不可解な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لا يفسر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שאין להסבירו, חסר שחר, לא מובן‬

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