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unaccountable

[uhn-uh-kaun-tuh-buhl] / ˌʌn əˈkaʊn tə bəl /


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Worse, however, are accreditors unaccountable to the department.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Or don’t sign, and risk being labeled uncooperative or unaccountable.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

The Epstein files, and what they have revealed regarding a network of those apparently high in connections but low on morals, has left people feeling angry at such unaccountable power and wealth.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

The Online Safety Act is being implemented in phases, and is intended to prevent past practices which Ofcom described as online platforms being "unregulated, unaccountable and often unwilling to prioritise people's safety over profits."

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025

It is in the abrupt, unaccountable aggregation of random notions, intuitions, known in science as good ideas, that the high points are made.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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