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unexplained

adjectiveB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #6,808 of 15,258neutral

Unexplained means still without any account or answer. An unexplained disappearance, unexplained wealth, remains unexplained.

In British law an unexplained wealth order requires somebody to account for assets that do not match their known income, and failing to explain can lose them the property. In science, unexplained is where the interesting work is.

Definitions of unexplained

  1. 1adjectiveunexplainedStill without any account or answer.B2

    “The police are investigating a series of unexplained fires in the area.”

unexplained is a state.

Where it comes from

From un- + explained.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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unexplained in the wild

  • The machine reportedly operated from the late 1990s until its unexplained disappearance in 2018.

    Capitol Hill mystery soda machine

  • In astronomy, an odd radio circle (ORC) is a very large unexplained astronomical object that, at radio wavelengths, is highly circular and brighter along its edges.

    Odd radio circle

  • The myth is often invoked to allegedly explain the source of the Marcos family's unexplained wealth.

    Tallano gold

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.