inscrutability
Example Sentences
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Kelly plays the anthropomorphic game while retaining some of the inscrutability of a four-legged creature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
“I had the urge to get up and walk out into the silence,” Mr. Tesson explains with his typical Gallic inscrutability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
The character flaw now lies in those attempting to understand and believe him, not in his inscrutability.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024
The inscrutability of large language models is not just an annoyance but a major reason some researchers fear that powerful A.I. systems could eventually become a threat to humanity.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
It was not easy to preserve inscrutability when you did not know what your face looked like.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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