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# unsolved

«unsolved» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not yet solved, answered or explained: an unsolved…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unsolved)

### meaning for a pupil

Not yet solved, answered or explained: an unsolved mystery, an unsolved problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsolved/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: unsolved problems – some famous puzzles are still unsolved by anyone. In detective stories and the news: unsolved crimes, «cold cases». In science: unsolved questions drive research. Phrases: «an unsolved mystery», «unsolved crime», «remain unsolved».

### examples

- The mystery of the missing cake remains unsolved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsolved/#x1)
- Some maths problems are still unsolved after hundreds of years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsolved/#x2)
- The detective reopened the unsolved case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsolved/#x3)
- Question 5 is still unsolved on my worksheet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsolved/#x4)
- Scientists have many unsolved questions about the universe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsolved/#x5)
- The crime remained unsolved for many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsolved/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «solved». Often after «remain» or «still». An unsolved problem is not the same as an unsolvable one (impossible to solve).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unsolved» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsolved/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.