unaccountable
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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
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
They’re not wildly unaccountable, they are a part of the government.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
“It creates an entirely unaccountable system of unilateral authority in the hands of individual officers to make incredibly weighty choices.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 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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The Awakening
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