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The definition of inscrutable is someone or something that is hard to figure out, understand or interpret.

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An example of an inscrutable problem is one for which no solution can be quickly found.

See inscrutable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

that cannot be easily understood; completely obscure or mysterious; unfathomable; enigmatic

Origin: ME < LL(Ec) inscrutabilis < L in-, not + scrutari, to search carefully, examine: see scrutiny

Related Forms:

inscrutability noun
inscrutably adverb

See inscrutable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable. See Synonyms at mysterious.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Late Latin īnscrūtābilis

Origin: : in-, not; see in-¹

Origin: + scrūtārī, to scrutinize; see scrutiny

Related Forms:

in·scruˌta·bilˈi·ty, in·scruˈta·ble·ness noun

in·scruˈta·bly adverb

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