unexplained

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ explained.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪnd

Adjective

unexplained (not comparable)

1. Not explained; of unknown cause or origin.
   • 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593:

     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.

Derived terms

• sudden unexplained death syndrome
• sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome
• unexplained aerial phenomenon
• unexplainedly

Translations

not explained

Belarusian: нетлумача́ны (njetlumačány), невытлумача́ны (njevytlumačány) Danish: uforklarlig Dutch: onverklaard (nl) Finnish: selittämätön French: inexpliqué (fr) German: unerklärt Greek: Ancient Greek: ἀτράνωτος (atránōtos) Hindi: अवर्णित (avarṇit) Italian: inesplicato Norwegian: Bokmål: uforklarlig Polish: niewyjaśniony Russian: необъяснённый (neobʺjasnjónnyj) Ukrainian: неви́яснений (nevýjasnenyj), непоясне́нний (nepojasnénnyj)

See also

• unexplainable
• inexplicable