inscrutable
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This touch-capacitive device—mainly for climate, comfort and seat controls—is elegant, rune-like, often inscrutable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Interviewees joke about how inscrutable he is, guess at aspects of his biography, and early on we hear Michaels’ belief that explaining humor is pointless.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Telecasts became crowded with inscrutable advanced metrics and probabilities.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
Melania, the documentary about the First Lady, is a lot like its subject: extremely expensive and fundamentally inscrutable.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
Seth reappeared in the opening wearing an inscrutable expression.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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