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inscrutable - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'inscrutable' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inscrutable [ a.]
- Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event.

Meaning of 'inscrutable' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inscrutable [ s]
Meaning (1):
- of an obscure nature
Example in sentence:
  • a deep dark secret;
  • in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life;
  • rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands;
  • the inscrutable workings of Providence;
  • the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms