Sep 29, 2011 · The OED gives the meaning of 'unexplainable' as 'inexplicable'. The oldest citation is dated early eighteenth century, so it's not particularly new and the three citations provided don't suggest it's an uneducated usage.

Their laziness is unexplainable OR INEXPLICABLE ? Inexplicable is used more often to describe aspects of human behavior rather than natural phenomenon but the two are truly interchangeable.

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+1 because I was thinking of wistfulness before I scrolled down to see your answer. I'm not sure you'd normally be wistful about something in the future that was never in the past though - unless it's a future which the past/present has already ruled out for some reason.

Mar 14, 2017 · The term watershed is often used for this. From Cambridge Dictionaries: watershed noun (BIG CHANGE) [Uncountable] an event or period that is important because it represents a big change and the start of new developments:

May 8, 2012 · This should be the accepted answer. While typography IS mostly concerned with visual aesthetic (designing around rags, widows, and orphans), a proper rag can only be accomplished by working with a combination of tracking, kerning, and line-breaking techniques.

Feb 13, 2015 · It will depend on just exactly what kind of "jarring noise" you're referring to. The most common is a high-pitched, very loud sound which persists until the microphone is moved or the volume is reduced.

See this Etymonline entry that distinguishes these two words.It says that concision is a more recent "literary critic's word" & conciseness is probably more familiar to the average Anglophone.

Mar 13, 2023 · I'm looking for an adjective, preferably a kind of "fancy" one that I can use to describe a character who has frequent changes of mood, often in a very sudden or extreme way. It also causes