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What is "unresolved"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
unresolved
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an unresolved issue (=that has not been dealt with)
▪ A number of unresolved issues remain before the treaty can be signed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
still
▪ The number of casualties, for instance, is still unresolved.
▪ To my mind the issue is still unresolved.
▪ These difficulties are still unresolved, although many solutions have been suggested.
▪ The issue is still unresolved, and an August court date has been set to settle the fight.
▪ A still unresolved problem is the pending litigation over the collection.
■ NOUN
conflict
▪ Old unresolved conflicts may need to be exposed rather than hidden or disguised.
▪ Her unresolved conflict resulted in a stiff, confusing memo that must have frustrated Mary.
▪ I started therapy because of a lot of unresolved conflicts in my childhood.
▪ Another unresolved conflict concerns possible interference between domestic or commercial users who have installed systems in neighbouring premises.
▪ There are unresolved conflict of laws problems.
▪ In her trust and love for him, he had deposited the unresolved conflicts of his life.
issue
▪ Two unresolved issues fuel speculation that he might not receive a fair trial.
▪ One of the thornier unresolved issues is whether that walkway would be 60 feet wide or 80 feet wide.
▪ From B's perspective of obtaining his freedom the unresolved issues were equally fundamental to the point addressed.
▪ The difficult, totally unresolved issue involves the situations in between.
▪ The major unresolved issue for the General now was the pace of the liberation and the transition to Gaullist administration.
problem
▪ These dreams are usually evidence of some unresolved problem or dilemma.
▪ He had a lot of unresolved problems, and he was already a quarter of the way around the North Inch.
▪ Two important and unresolved problems are raised by this line of thought.
▪ We have noted some unresolved problems for the model, however.
▪ Hate, murder, violence, sorrow, negative thinking, deaths and unresolved problems.
▪ A still unresolved problem is the pending litigation over the collection.
▪ The unresolved problem of the spinach still confronted her.
question
▪ Mr Ray's statement leaves an unresolved question.
▪ That still leaves the unresolved question of the nuclear inspections.
▪ The world of muddle and incoherence, of being seventeen, of home, of unidentified feelings, of unresolved questions.
▪ Discussion: including any inferences resulting from statistical tests together with tentative explanations and unresolved questions. 6.
▪ It also explains various unresolved questions regarding the town's plan and development.
tension
▪ Thus the pendulum of public pressure swings back and forth, reflecting the unresolved tensions within public policy.
▪ Kandinsky's writings are full of unresolved tensions between physical existence and spiritual transcendence.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ unresolved safety issues
▪ A number of problems are still unresolved.
▪ The design of the new shopping mall is almost complete, although there are still some unresolved difficulties.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A number of issues, however, remain unresolved.
▪ Carla, of course, knew the story well, and had analyzed it for unresolved childhood issues with her analyst husband.
▪ It was into this unresolved but not unsatisfactorily balanced situation that film was introduced, and was immediately identified as something new.
▪ Mr Ray's statement leaves an unresolved question.
▪ These dreams are usually evidence of some unresolved problem or dilemma.
▪ They merely suffered from unresolved Oedipal complexes, and were attacking universities as a surrogate father.
▪ To my mind the issue is still unresolved.
▪ While this case is somewhat extreme, the risk that it demonstrates of unresolved feelings surrounding prematurity is worth keeping in mind.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unresolved

1570s, "undecided" (of questions), from un- (1) "not" + past participle of resolve (v.). Meaning "uncertain in opinion" is attested from 1590s.

Wiktionary
unresolved

a. not resolved

WordNet
unresolved

  1. adj. not solved; "many crimes remain unsolved"; "many problems remain unresolved" [syn: unsolved] [ant: solved]

  2. not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined" [syn: open, undecided, undetermined]

  3. characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved [syn: dissonant]

Usage examples of "unresolved".

Meanwhile, the feds intend to retry Sepe, Shenberg and Goodhart on the unresolved Court Broom charges.

They generally use overworking, overeating, or other addictions as a way to numb their unresolved painful feelings.

When present events upset you and remind you of unresolved feelings from childhood, imagine you can go back in time and write a letter to one of your parents, sharing your feelings and asking for their support.

Our unresolved childhood emotions have the power to control us by gripping our adult awareness and preventing loving communication.

Practicing the Love Letter Technique is a safe way to express unresolved feelings, negative emotions, and wants without being judged or rejected.

Through treating this childlike part of us with respect and love, the unresolved emotional wounds of our past can be gradually healed.

Their unresolved emotional pain is waiting inside to come out to be loved and healed.

Anything done to excess can become a means to numb the pain of our unresolved past.

Love thaws out our repressed feelings, and gradually these unresolved feelings begin to surface into our relationship.

We are all walking around with a bundle of unresolved feelings, the wounds from our past, that he dormant within us until the time comes when we feel loved.

In the same way, if unresolved feelings are coming up, we will be overly sensitive to the normal pokes and bumps of relating.

This is a time in relationships when we experience our own unresolved pain or our shadow self.

They were smoky with desire, brimming with fire and unresolved passion.

Out the window of the towerblock, a redtailed hawk was balancing on the hot wind, as if on an unresolved thought, hovering.

But there are many, many questions that this certainty still leaves unresolved, and more that it raises.