unaccountable
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Independent non-executive chair Chris Train stepped down on Friday after the report described the firm's leadership as an "unaccountable clique".
From BBC • May 1, 2026
One important proposal: Let parents who choose to expose their wannabe-elite athlete children to unaccountable authority figures, in pursuit of college athletic scholarships and Olympic glory, do so on their own dime.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026
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
“No; some unaccountable one. In short, I believe you have been trying to draw me out—or in; you have been talking nonsense to make me talk nonsense. It is scarcely fair, sir.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing unaccountable
"The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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