UNEXPLAINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unexplained mean? 

• UNEXPLAINED (adjective)
  The adjective UNEXPLAINED has 2 senses:

1. not explained

2. having the reason or cause not made clear

  Familiarity information: UNEXPLAINED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNEXPLAINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not explained

Context example:

accomplished by some unexplained process

Similar:

undetermined (not yet having been ascertained or determined)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the reason or cause not made clear

Context example:

an unexplained error

Similar:

incomprehensible; inexplicable (incapable of being explained or accounted for)

 Context examples 

But we do not see any unexplained signature above the level of the measurement noise in Cassini data taken from 2004 to 2016.

(Saturn Spacecraft Not Affected by Hypothetical Planet 9, NASA)

“Every problem becomes very childish when once it is explained to you. Here is an unexplained one. See what you can make of that, friend Watson.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It presents with unexplained heart failure.

(Endocardial Fibroelastosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It does, Sherlock, and yet it leaves so much unexplained.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Still, scientists and regulators want to know the source of the unexplained emissions.

(Ozone-depleting compound persists, NASA)

There are unexplained sedimentary deposits near the planet’s equator, researchers say.

(Mars May Have Had Rings, and May Once Again, VOA News)

Less common isolated presentations, primarily in older adults, include nausea and vomiting, diaphoresis, and unexplained fatigue.

(Atypical Coronary Artery Disease Symptom, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Possible signs of elder abuse include unexplained bruises, burns, and injuries.

(Elder Abuse, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

That leaves more than 70 percent of the higher mortality rates tied to a weak nose unexplained.

(Declining Sense of Smell Linked to Risk of Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

SIDS is the sudden, unexplained, death of an infant under 1 year of age.

(Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk, National Institutes of Health)