Inscrutable
adjective
Impossible to understand or interpret.
Her face was inscrutable, and he could not guess her thoughts.
Often appears as...
- a person's inscrutable thoughts
- inscrutable face
adjective
Impossible to understand or interpret.
Her face was inscrutable, and he could not guess her thoughts.
Often appears as...
- a person's inscrutable thoughts
- inscrutable face
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Mystique
Inscrutable often describes a person whose cultural background adds mystery to their behavior.
The inscrutable monk spoke in riddles that fascinated the visitors.
Pro Tip 2/3Impassive Emotions
Used to describe someone showing no emotion, making it hard to know what they feel.
His inscrutable expression made it impossible to tell if he was pleased.
Pro Tip 3/3Concealed Intentions
Reflects hidden intentions or thoughts, often in a strategic or competitive setting.
In poker, players adopt an inscrutable demeanor to avoid giving away their hand.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Mystique
Inscrutable often describes a person whose cultural background adds mystery to their behavior.
The inscrutable monk spoke in riddles that fascinated the visitors.
Pro Tip 2/3Impassive Emotions
Used to describe someone showing no emotion, making it hard to know what they feel.
His inscrutable expression made it impossible to tell if he was pleased.
Pro Tip 3/3Concealed Intentions
Reflects hidden intentions or thoughts, often in a strategic or competitive setting.
In poker, players adopt an inscrutable demeanor to avoid giving away their hand.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Mystique
Inscrutable often describes a person whose cultural background adds mystery to their behavior.
The inscrutable monk spoke in riddles that fascinated the visitors.
Pro Tip 2/3Impassive Emotions
Used to describe someone showing no emotion, making it hard to know what they feel.
His inscrutable expression made it impossible to tell if he was pleased.
Pro Tip 3/3Concealed Intentions
Reflects hidden intentions or thoughts, often in a strategic or competitive setting.
In poker, players adopt an inscrutable demeanor to avoid giving away their hand.
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Solving the Mystery of...
to get science out of this hostage situation we need to make science personal just like the sacred science doesn't have to be lofty and inscrutable but something a person can explore touch experience by the same token scientists could learn
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How open data is...
districts that have low spending on schools but good educational outcomes and the red color shows the opposite tools like this help turn a shelf full of inscrutable documents into a publicly understandable visual and what's
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Democracy is a design...
intent so things like the instructions are inscrutable or it's hard to tell one contest from the next or the type is too small or in some cases too big now the thing is election officials are not designers and
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
on clay tablets, the Earth's volumes remained inscrutable to humans. We were geologically illiterate, unaware of the antiquity of our own planet and ignorant of our connection to deep time.
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Solving the Mystery of...
to get science out of this hostage situation we need to make science personal just like the sacred science doesn't have to be lofty and inscrutable but something a person can explore touch experience by the same token scientists could learn
Video examples
How open data is...
districts that have low spending on schools but good educational outcomes and the red color shows the opposite tools like this help turn a shelf full of inscrutable documents into a publicly understandable visual and what's
Video examples
Democracy is a design...
intent so things like the instructions are inscrutable or it's hard to tell one contest from the next or the type is too small or in some cases too big now the thing is election officials are not designers and
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
on clay tablets, the Earth's volumes remained inscrutable to humans. We were geologically illiterate, unaware of the antiquity of our own planet and ignorant of our connection to deep time.
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Nikolai Gogol
Russian Writer
Russia! Russia... Everything in you is open, desolate and level; your squat towns barely protrude in the midst of the plains like dots, like counters; there is nothing to tempt or enchant the onlooker's gaze. But what is this inscrutable, mysterious force that draws me to you?
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Toby Jones
English Actor
I was a fan of Hitchcock, but more importantly than that, he is such an inscrutable man, and a very carefully inscrutable man. He apparently was blank-faced with a calm and controlled presence. I was immediately anxious and thought, 'How am I going to get behind that?
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John Battelle
American Businessman
There's a reason publishers don't build on top of social platforms: publishers are an independent lot, and they naturally understand the value of owning your own domain. Publishers don't want to be beholden to the shifting sands of inscrutable platform policies.
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Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
With EarthEcho Expedition: Acid Apocalypse, we are working with youth leaders and noted experts on the changing chemistry of our ocean to help illuminate one of our most pressing and inscrutable environmental issues.
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Charles Brenton Huggins
Canadian Scientist
One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity.
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Thomas Dekker
English Dramatist
This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.
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Bill Browder
American Activist
Putin is a totally inscrutable guy. He gives nothing away. People interpreted what they wanted to see in him.
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Steve Rushin
American Journalist
Golf tough guys - like movie tough guys - are almost always inscrutable, just beyond our full understanding.
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch Scientist
How inscrutable and incomprehensible are the hidden works of Nature!
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Nikolai Gogol
Russian Writer
Russia! Russia... Everything in you is open, desolate and level; your squat towns barely protrude in the midst of the plains like dots, like counters; there is nothing to tempt or enchant the onlooker's gaze. But what is this inscrutable, mysterious force that draws me to you?
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Toby Jones
English Actor
I was a fan of Hitchcock, but more importantly than that, he is such an inscrutable man, and a very carefully inscrutable man. He apparently was blank-faced with a calm and controlled presence. I was immediately anxious and thought, 'How am I going to get behind that?
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John Battelle
American Businessman
There's a reason publishers don't build on top of social platforms: publishers are an independent lot, and they naturally understand the value of owning your own domain. Publishers don't want to be beholden to the shifting sands of inscrutable platform policies.
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Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
With EarthEcho Expedition: Acid Apocalypse, we are working with youth leaders and noted experts on the changing chemistry of our ocean to help illuminate one of our most pressing and inscrutable environmental issues.
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Charles Brenton Huggins
Canadian Scientist
One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity.
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Thomas Dekker
English Dramatist
This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.
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Bill Browder
American Activist
Putin is a totally inscrutable guy. He gives nothing away. People interpreted what they wanted to see in him.
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Steve Rushin
American Journalist
Golf tough guys - like movie tough guys - are almost always inscrutable, just beyond our full understanding.
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch Scientist
How inscrutable and incomprehensible are the hidden works of Nature!
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