unaccounted
Britishadjective
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missing
as many as 100 people are unaccounted for
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not included in an account
70 million dollars of unaccounted money
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not explained adequately
unaccounted friendliness
Example Sentences
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Long gone were the days when someone could be born with the time-traveling gene and go unaccounted for.
From Literature
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But it’s the uncertainty that’s currently unaccounted for—the new 15% levy can only stay in place for 150 days.
From Barron's
Twenty years after Britain's biggest cash robbery, a raid on a Securitas depot still grips the public imagination - and remains unfinished business for Kent's top police officer, with millions still missing and at least one gang member unaccounted for.
From BBC
But Tuesday's deadly incident in California, which took the lives of eight skiers and left one more unaccounted for, and the difficult situation in much of the Alps - where there have been more fatalities than usual this year - has put a spotlight on avalanches and how prepared winter sports enthusiasts should be for them.
From BBC
"At least six of the skiers have survived the avalanche and remain at the avalanche site, awaiting rescue, with the remaining ten unaccounted for at the time of this release," the sheriff posted on Facebook on Tuesday afternoon.
From BBC
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