unsolved

adjective

un·​solved ˌən-ˈsälvd 

-ˈsȯlvd

: not explained, corrected, or dealt with : not solved

an unsolved problem

unsolved math equations

Examples of unsolved in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The killing went unsolved for years until Davis, a former leader of the South Side Compton Crips, gave interviews and published his role in the shooting in his 2019 tell-all memoir. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

Dark Land explores cold cases in in Wales related to more than 100 unsolved murders, and brings in investigators from policing and psychology to revisit them. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

But the murder remained unsolved for the next six-and-a-half decades. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to a Philadelphia police website about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said. — Mae Anderson, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unsolved

• redissolved
• undissolved
• uninvolved
• unresolved
• absolved
• devolved
• dissolved
• evolved
• involved
• resolved
• revolved
• solved