unaccounted-for
[ uhn-uh-koun-tid-fawr ]
adjective
not accounted for; not understood; unexplained: an explosion resulting from some unaccounted-for mechanical failure.
Origin of unaccounted-for
1Words Nearby unaccounted-for
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use unaccounted-for in a sentence
The result of this stock-taking shows that eleven volumes were unaccounted-for, a list of which is appended.
Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year 1924-25 | General Assembly Library (New Zealand)At this stock-taking the number unaccounted-for is twenty-two, several of which are quite recent accessions to the Library.
Report of the Chief Librarian for the Year 1924-25 | General Assembly Library (New Zealand)My intention, of course, was to call to the notice of the jurors its unaccounted-for disappearance.
A Master Hand | Richard DallasThe expenses necessitated by these frequent removals make an unaccounted-for item in many incomes.
The Cost of Shelter | Ellen H. RichardsThis last is hardly a story of unaccounted-for disappearance.
The Grey Woman and other Tales | Mrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell
Browse