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UNRESOLVED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unresolved mean?
• UNRESOLVED (adjective)
The adjective UNRESOLVED has 3 senses:
1. not solved
2. not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
3. characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
Familiarity information: UNRESOLVED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not solved
Synonyms:
unresolved; unsolved
Context example:
many problems remain unresolved
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
Synonyms:
open; undecided; undetermined; unresolved
Context example:
our lawsuit is still undetermined
Similar:
unsettled (still in doubt)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
Synonyms:
dissonant; unresolved
Similar:
inharmonious; unharmonious (not in harmony)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Context examples
Relationship questions will likely remain unresolved, but again will be front and center by the holidays, especially in the last week of December and in January.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"Organizing" refers to unresolved pneumonia (in which the alveolar exudate persists and eventually undergoes fibrosis) in which fibrous tissue forms in the alveoli.
(Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia, NCI Thesaurus)
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