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unaccounted for
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Fifteen people are still unaccounted for after the fire.

Usage examples of "unaccounted for".

The one taken by a street photographer inLondon during the two days Foot was unaccounted for.

He could also have died anonymously and unaccounted for in any one of a thousand different ways for a thousand different reasons.

Apparently, there were four hours unaccounted for in Mickey's alibi for that night.

The journey would have taken him only about an hour, which left eight hours unaccounted for.

As far as I can see, there's twenty thousand dollars unaccounted for.

I gathered the city police had reported the death to the county coroner's office since Agnes was listed as missing and the last hours of her life were still unaccounted for.

No moneys unaccounted for, no meetings with unsavory characters, no apparent motive, no visible benefit.

At least 40,000 people were still unaccounted for, although they were tracing 1,000 an hour and getting them back to their families or else into an intensive-care section.

But what I don't like about it is that it leaves so much unaccounted for.

I mean, I understand they made changes, but there's space unaccounted for.

It took a long time to get through to Santa Monica, and when I finally did, my family was unaccounted for.