unaccountable

Example Sentences

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Critics say it shifts financial control away from politicians and into the hands of unaccountable arbitrators, which could lead to bloated labor costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Yet here, a single unaccountable administrator effectively outlawed an entire way of life for responsible therapists, guides and small businesses in Hawaii.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

This discrepancy in power between employer and employee allows the boss to be almost entirely unaccountable for their decisions — decisions that have a direct impact on the livelihoods of everyone employed in an enterprise.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2025

They’re not wildly unaccountable, they are a part of the government.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

I type back: “My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery-always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?”

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven