unexplained
adjective
un·ex·plained
ˌən-ik-ˈsplānd 
: not explained or accounted for
an unexplained error
an unexplained delay
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That’s why unexplained swelling, pain, chest discomfort or shortness of breath should always prompt immediate medical attention.
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
But aside from a simmering Josh Brolin as grieving father Archer seeing a vision of a giant semi-automatic in the night sky flashing the time of the unexplained event, there’s too little substance to support those associations.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Those who develop new, unexplained skin rashes (lesions on any part of the body), with or without fever and chills, should seek immediate medical care.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
This set up a cold draft that negatively affected the plants, causing some formerly unexplained rot over the winter.
—Dr. Matthew Lisy, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
But aside from a simmering Josh Brolin as grieving father Archer seeing a vision of a giant semi-automatic in the night sky flashing the time of the unexplained event, there’s too little substance to support those associations.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Those who develop new, unexplained skin rashes (lesions on any part of the body), with or without fever and chills, should seek immediate medical care.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
This set up a cold draft that negatively affected the plants, causing some formerly unexplained rot over the winter.
—Dr. Matthew Lisy, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Unexplained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexplained. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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