Inscrutable (Adjective)
Meaning
Of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The ancient hieroglyphics were inscrutable to anyone who didn't speak the language.
- The detective was baffled by the inscrutable expression on the suspect's face.
- The company's financial reports were so complex and inscrutable that even the experts struggled to understand them.
- The artist's use of symbolism in her paintings made her work inscrutable to many viewers.
- The workings of the human mind are often inscrutable, even to those who study it for a living.