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inscrutable
/ˌɪnˈskɹutəbəl/
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What does inscrutable mean?
adjective
- Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
noun
- One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪnˈskɹutəbəl/
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I still stood absolutely dumfoundered at what appeared to me her miraculous self-possession and most inscrutable hypocrisy, when the cook entered.
One thousand feet above the trees the inscrutable whisper came, and Arnaux in arrowy swiftness now was pointing for the south-southeast.
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Tall and handsome and distinguished-looking—dark, melancholy, inscrutable eyes—melting, musical, sympathetic voice—yes, the very hero of her dreams stood before her in the flesh.
The young man’s possessions were in picturesque disorder, and his apartment was pervaded by the odor of cigars, mingled with perfumes more inscrutable.
In every part of Europe and America, down to a recent period, we find pestilences resulting from carelessness or superstition still called "inscrutable providences."