Accountable (Adjective)
Meaning
Liable to account for one's actions; "governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves"; "fully accountable for what they did"; "the court held the parents answerable for their minor child's acts of vandalism"; "he was answerable to no one".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The company should be answerable to its shareholders for the huge financial losses it incurred last year.
- Governments must be accountable to their citizens for how they allocate the nation's resources.
- As the manager of the project, John was fully accountable for the success or failure of the endeavor.
- The court held the company accountable for their negligence in the chemical plant accident.
- Everyone in the military must be answerable to their superior officer for their actions.