unresolved

/ (ˌʌnrɪˈzɒlvd) /

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(of a problem or dispute) not having been solved or concluded

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How to use unresolved in a sentence

In that sense, the last Report was mildly unsatisfying as a conclusion, in that it left so much unresolved.
The End of Truthiness: Stephen Colbert’s Sublime Finale|Noel Murray|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While there are several important matters as yet unresolved, it's certainly ready for him to read again.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We draw no victory from leaving these issues unresolved,” Adler said.
SWAT Lobby Shoots to Kill Police Reform After Ferguson|Tim Mak|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Along with all the others, an Anglo-American controversy (still unresolved today) grew up out of this matter of Omaha.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“I know that a lot of my stories come from the sort of unresolved tensions of my childhood,” he says.
NPR’s Smooth-Talking Millennial Whisperer|Batya Ungar-Sargon|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the resolution into stars is only partial, and there still remains a background of unresolved shimmer.
A Text-Book of Astronomy|George C. Comstock
Evidently they held her eyes waking; they were dreadfully there, still unresolved or still unpalatable.
Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett
No Wolfan in his right mind will bargain with a Dry-towner carrying an unresolved blood-feud.
The Door Through Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley
On which cogitations there fell presently the strokes of many bells tolling midnight, and left them still unresolved.
Lady Rose's Daughter|Mrs. Humphry Ward
Wagner's aim at expressing the soul of things is still further helped by his system of continuous, unresolved melody.
Plays, Acting and Music|Arthur Symons

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