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inscrutable
Meaning: impossible to understand or interpret
inscrutable in a sentence
How inscrutable is used in real sentences:
Her inscrutable expression gave nothing away.
Her inscrutable expression gave nothing away.
“At high tide, tumultuous water erased visible boundaries; hours later, the exposed basin revealed arrangements whose logic remained inscrutable.”
— from the passage A Basin Between Tides
Synonyms for inscrutable
Other words for inscrutable — mysterious, enigmatic and opaque — carry the same meaning.
- mysterious
- enigmatic
- opaque
Antonyms of inscrutable
Words that mean the opposite of inscrutable:
- transparent
- clear
Where it comes from
From Latin in- 'not' + scrutari 'to search, examine'
Word parts
- in/im/ir — not, opposite
inscrutable: in- (not) + scrut (examine)
Memory hook
IN-SCRUT-ABLE — can't SCRUTinize it.
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