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unexplained en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + explained.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not explained; of unknown cause or origin.
    • Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date. 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593:

Deriveds

unexplainedly · unexplained aerial phenomenon · sudden unexplained death syndrome · sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome · unexplainedness

Relateds

inexplicable · unexplainable

Translations (15)

hi अवर्णित (not explained) · fi selittämätön (not explained) · grc ἀτράνωτος (not explained) · it inesplicato (not explained) · be нетлумача́ны (not explained) · de unerklärt (not explained) · da uforklarlig (not explained) · uk непоясне́нний (not explained) · nl onverklaard (not explained) · fr inexpliqué (not explained) · ru необъяснённый (not explained) · pl niewyjaśniony (not explained) · be невытлумача́ны (not explained) · uk неви́яснений (not explained) · nb uforklarlig (not explained)