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Inscrutable meaning

Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.

Synonyms of Inscrutable

Using Inscrutable

  • The main meaning on this page is: Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
  • Useful related words include: cryptic, cryptical, deep, mysterious.
  • In the example corpus, inscrutable often appears in combinations such as: the inscrutable, an inscrutable, inscrutable and.

Context around Inscrutable

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Inscrutable

  • In this selection, "inscrutable" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, steely, willfully, sometimes, political, starro and principle stand out and add context to how "inscrutable" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a steely inscrutable has little and about the inscrutable chinaman and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "inscrutable" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with inscrutable

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Is it the inscrutable Starro or the devious Despero? (9 words)

Dark and inscrutable are the ways by which we come into the world. (13 words)

It is crowded, with shirts crammed onto racks and into piles, in sometimes inscrutable order. (15 words)

And the more I considered him, the more strangely serene Hinckley seemed to me against the context of everything else that was going on, not least the inscrutable political violence of which he himself was such a highly charged symbol. (40 words)

U.S. officials expressed enthusiasm for Kim's decision to change his negotiating team, tapping the foreign ministry instead of his top intelligence aides, a hardened group of military hawks who U.S. officials viewed as arrogant and inscrutable. (39 words)

There is intrigue in images like "Mother's Day 5-9-76," a photo of a man and his young son, dressed up and sitting outdoors on the grass, squinting with the same inscrutable gaze at the camera. (38 words)

Is it the inscrutable Starro or the devious Despero? (9 words)

Example sentences (20)

And the more I considered him, the more strangely serene Hinckley seemed to me against the context of everything else that was going on, not least the inscrutable political violence of which he himself was such a highly charged symbol.

Captain Ludvig Kahlen (a steely, inscrutable ) has little to his name beyond his reputation as a fine soldier, and his rather threadbare uniform.

Even though all literate Americans could read and understand their Constitution, American judges treated the document as inscrutable to all but themselves.

Cox’s performance as the inscrutable then suddenly, terrifyingly, raging centre of the family already feels definitive.

Dark and inscrutable are the ways by which we come into the world.

Is it the inscrutable Starro or the devious Despero?

It is only by grace, that inscrutable principle of unearned good fortune, that Soyinka is alive today having dedicated his youthful days combating executive rascality.

Mars and digital director/co-author Kurt Kohlstedt focus on the cool things we walk right by every day—the inscrutable road signage, the resilient flora and fauna, the buildings under construction and falling into disrepair.

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The overall lack of transparency in Russia is a problem for the West and makes it even more inscrutable and less predictable.

A student’s ability to carry on a family tradition of attending a certain school is not an inscrutable reason to admit them on an unequal basis.

But that genre-hopping (not to mention the movie’s willfully inscrutable design) is Assayas’s way of bringing a lighthearted approach to serious questions about grieving and disillusionment.

Dyson's electric car dream, whose very existence had to be coaxed out of its inscrutable chief executive, came to an end in a similar fashion to how it was revealed.

Few in the Cabinet have much knowledge or experience of foreign affairs, far less the inscrutable workings of the EU.

It is crowded, with shirts crammed onto racks and into piles, in sometimes inscrutable order.

It's called "science" in case you were wondering what gives us insight into something that appears inscrutable to you.

Now tell us about the inscrutable Chinaman and I'm sure you have a few things to share about the Knee Grow.

There is intrigue in images like "Mother's Day 5-9-76," a photo of a man and his young son, dressed up and sitting outdoors on the grass, squinting with the same inscrutable gaze at the camera.

U.S. officials expressed enthusiasm for Kim's decision to change his negotiating team, tapping the foreign ministry instead of his top intelligence aides, a hardened group of military hawks who U.S. officials viewed as arrogant and inscrutable.

Medical treatment cannot be thrust upon an individual… The reasons which may lead a person in a sound state of mind to refuse medical treatment are inscrutable.

Shahidi's main purpose on the original series was to play an inscrutable, fashionable teen, beyond her parents' understanding.

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Common combinations with inscrutable

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "inscrutable" in a sentence?
An example: "And the more I considered him, the more strangely serene Hinckley seemed to me against the context of everything else that was going on, not least the inscrutable political violence of which he himself was such a highly charged symbol." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "inscrutable" from authentic English texts.
What does "inscrutable" mean?
Inscrutable means: Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
What are synonyms of "inscrutable"?
Common synonyms of "inscrutable" include: cryptic, cryptical, deep, mysterious, mystifying, inexplicable, incomprehensible.
How many example sentences with "inscrutable" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "inscrutable", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.