unaccounted for

idiom

—used to say that what happened to someone or something is not known

Many people were unaccounted for after the disaster.

A great deal of money remains unaccounted for.

Examples of unaccounted for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Although some of our questions were answered, there still remains a lot of financial information that is unaccounted for. —R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026

Because the pesticide’s use is exempted, the risks are unaccounted for in CalEnviroScreen, the tool the state uses to evaluate a community’s exposure to several types of pollution. —Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026

The station understands that other children may also be unaccounted for. —Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026

All sets of remains have been identified and all families have been notified, and there are no more missing persons unaccounted for, police said. —Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for unaccounted for

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