unexplained
adjective
un·ex·plained
ˌən-ik-ˈsplānd 
: not explained or accounted for
an unexplained error
an unexplained delay
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McBride said her symptoms began in her young teen years and included anxiety, hair loss, dry skin, fatigue, brain fog, heart palpitations and unexplained weight gain.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Symptoms can include a persistent cough, fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
But the agency itself didn’t regularly test the drugs or proactively monitor reports filed by doctors and others that described drugs with a foul odor, abnormal taste or residue, or consumers who had experienced sudden or unexplained health problems.
—Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025
At the early age of 21, Dominique Bogle began experiencing sudden, unexplained hair loss while in the middle of her undergraduate degree.
—Catherine Erdly, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Symptoms can include a persistent cough, fever, night sweats and unexplained weight loss.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
But the agency itself didn’t regularly test the drugs or proactively monitor reports filed by doctors and others that described drugs with a foul odor, abnormal taste or residue, or consumers who had experienced sudden or unexplained health problems.
—Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2025
At the early age of 21, Dominique Bogle began experiencing sudden, unexplained hair loss while in the middle of her undergraduate degree.
—Catherine Erdly, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Unexplained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexplained. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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