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inscrutable
What does inscrutable mean?
inscrutable (adjective): of an obscure nature.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use inscrutable in a sentence?
- He's nondescript, unapproachable and inscrutable. (Tatoeba sentence #12933854 by sundown, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does inscrutable come from?
Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + scrūtō (“to examine”), corresponding to in- + scrutable.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of inscrutable?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “inscrutable” mean?
of an obscure nature
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hasty or superficial
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delicately beautiful
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not returned in kind
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dubious
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concise
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cryptic
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upfront
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