unresolved
🇺🇸 /ənrɪˈzɑlvd/
📖 Definitions
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adjective
Not settled, solved, or explained; remaining without a conclusion or answer.; Not determined or decided; uncertain or undecided.; In music, not resolved; a dissonance that has not moved to a consonance.; In computing or logic, not reduced to a simpler form or not having a determined value.
🔗 Details
Word forms
Collocations
unresolved issueunresolved conflictunresolved questionremain unresolvedleave unresolvedunresolved tensionunresolved matter
Derivatives
unresolvableresolveresolutionresolved
Synonyms
unsettledundecidedpendingunansweredoutstandingopen
Antonyms
resolvedsettleddecidedanswered
Commonly confused
unresolvable
EN: 'unresolvable' means incapable of being resolved (impossible to solve); 'unresolved' means not yet resolved (still open but potentially solvable).
Spelling tips
EN: No common spelling issues. Do not confuse with 'unresolvable,' which has a different meaning.
💬 Examples
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The case remained unresolved for over a decade.
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The question of leadership was still unresolved at the meeting.
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The composer left the chord unresolved, creating a sense of tension.
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The program crashed due to an unresolved reference.