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UNEXPLAINED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the reason or cause not made clear
Example:
an unexplained error
Classified under:
Similar:
incomprehensible; inexplicable (incapable of being explained or accounted for)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not explained
Example:
accomplished by some unexplained process
Classified under:
Similar:
undetermined (not yet having been ascertained or determined)
Context examples:
Six of the 70 study participants evaluated for unexplained frequent anaphylaxis tested positive for an allergy to galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or alpha-gal, a sugar molecule found in beef, pork, lamb and other red meats.
(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)
SIDS is the sudden death of an infant under one year of age that remains unexplained after a complete autopsy and death scene investigation.
(Blood of SIDS infants contains high levels of serotonin, National Institutes of Health)
Like graffiti sprayed by an unknown artist, unexplained arc-shaped, reddish streaks are visible on the surface of Saturn's icy moon Tethys.
(Unusual Red Arcs Spotted on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)
The researchers also looked at 554 people with sporadic unexplained fever, swollen glands and other symptoms or diseases, and then at over a quarter million people from public sequence databases to see if they encountered the same RIPK1 mutations.
(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)
Data collected by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997 were put through new and advanced computer models to untangle a mystery — a brief, localized bend in themagnetic field — that had gone unexplained until now.
(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a clinical diagnosis characterized by an unexplained persistent or relapsing chronic fatigue that is of at least six months' duration, is not the result of ongoing exertion, is not substantially alleviated by rest, and results in substantial reduction of previous levels of occupational, educational, social, or personal activities.
(Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Add to this double apprehension the mystery that still hung over the behaviour of my friends, their unexplained desertion of the stockade, their inexplicable cession of the chart, or harder still to understand, the doctor's last warning to Silver, Look out for squalls when you find it, and you will readily believe how little taste I found in my breakfast and with how uneasy a heart I set forth behind my captors on the quest for treasure.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The will was holograph, for Mr. Utterson though he took charge of it now that it was made, had refused to lend the least assistance in the making of it; it provided not only that, in case of the decease of Henry Jekyll, M.D., D.C.L., L.L.D., F.R.S., etc., all his possessions were to pass into the hands of his friend and benefactor Edward Hyde, but that in case of Dr. Jekyll’s disappearance or unexplained absence for any period exceeding three calendar months, the said Edward Hyde should step into the said Henry Jekyll’s shoes without further delay and free from any burthen or obligation beyond the payment of a few small sums to the members of the doctor’s household.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
In addition to unexplained sources of CCl4, the model results showed the chemical stays in the atmosphere 40 percent longer than previously thought.
(Ozone-depleting compound persists, NASA)
Contrary to recent reports, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is not experiencing unexplained deviations in its orbit around Saturn, according to mission managers and orbit determination experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
(Saturn Spacecraft Not Affected by Hypothetical Planet 9, NASA)
