unexplained
adjective
un·ex·plained
ˌən-ik-ˈsplānd 
: not explained or accounted for
an unexplained error
an unexplained delay
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Each of these chapters takes place across the same 18-minute span following a missile being launched from an unexplained origin at the United States.
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Even small unexplained charges could signal a larger problem.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
For the alert to be deployed, the person may have gone missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances and is believed to be in danger because of their age, mental health, physical disability, environment or weather conditions.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Though Geralt’s hansa succeeds in besting the priest’s deliberately unfair trial — with Regis demonstrating the (unexplained) power to hold a red-hot horseshoe without being burned — the whole thing turns out to be a farce.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Even small unexplained charges could signal a larger problem.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
For the alert to be deployed, the person may have gone missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances and is believed to be in danger because of their age, mental health, physical disability, environment or weather conditions.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Though Geralt’s hansa succeeds in besting the priest’s deliberately unfair trial — with Regis demonstrating the (unexplained) power to hold a red-hot horseshoe without being burned — the whole thing turns out to be a farce.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Unexplained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unexplained. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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