unsolved

«unsolved» in Mova's judaism 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 →

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 reason why they have remained so long an unsolved problem is partly due to a lack of knowledge of Hebrew orthography, on which the Sefer Yetzirah is based. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The mystery of the missing cake remains unsolved. tree →
• Some maths problems are still unsolved after hundreds of years. tree →
• The detective reopened the unsolved case. tree →
• Question 5 is still unsolved on my worksheet. tree →
• Scientists have many unsolved questions about the universe. tree →
• The crime remained unsolved for many years. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.