UNSOLVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsolved mean? 

• UNSOLVED (adjective)
  The adjective UNSOLVED has 1 sense:

1. not solved

  Familiarity information: UNSOLVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSOLVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not solved

Synonyms:

unresolved; unsolved

Context example:

many problems remain unresolved

Antonym:

solved (explained or answered)

 Context examples 

Not only is `Oumuamua’s hypothesised outgassing an unsolved mystery, but also its interstellar origin.

(ESO’s VLT Sees `Oumuamua Getting a Boost, ESO)

He loved to lie in the very centre of five millions of people, with his filaments stretching out and running through them, responsive to every little rumour or suspicion of unsolved crime.

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

Sherlock Holmes was a man, however, who, when he had an unsolved problem upon his mind, would go for days, and even for a week, without rest, turning it over, rearranging his facts, looking at it from every point of view until he had either fathomed it or convinced himself that his data were insufficient.

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

Why Dodo, when she caught him in the china closet half an hour afterward, nearly squeezed the breath out of his little body with a tender embrace, instead of shaking him for being there, and why she followed up this novel performance by the unexpected gift of a big slice of bread and jelly, remained one of the problems over which Demi puzzled his small wits, and was forced to leave unsolved forever.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)