unsolved

/ənˈsɑɫvd/ adj

**Unsolved** describes something that remains without a solution, answer, or explanation, typically a problem, mystery, or puzzle that is still open. It applies to questions that have yet to be resolved. The term works as an adjective before nouns such as case, equation, or crime, indicating that investigators, mathematicians, or storytellers are still working toward an answer. It signals a state of incompletion rather than a permanent condition, and its opposite is solved. Use it when you want to highlight that the answer is still out there, waiting to be discovered.

【核心含义】指问题、谜团或案件等尚未找到解决方案、答案或解释的状态。

常与“案件”(case)、“谜题”(puzzle)、“方程”(equation)等词搭配使用,强调仍存在探索空间。注意与“未解开的”区别,侧重描述待解决状态而非永久性特征。

【Significado central】Describe un problema, misterio, crimen o enigma que aún no ha sido resuelto ni tiene una respuesta definitiva.

Se usa como adjetivo antepuesto a sustantivos como caso, misterio, crimen o ecuación, formando expresiones muy comunes como caso sin resolver o misterio sin resolver. Señala un estado provisional de incomplitud, no una condición permanente: indica que alguien (un detective, un matemático, un investigador) sigue trabajando para encontrar la respuesta, que se presume existe. Su antónimo es resuelto. Atención a no confundirlo con "irresoluble" o "insoluble" (que implican que no tienen solución posible); lo sin resolver simplemente todavía no ha encontrado su solución.

Word Origin The word solve comes from Latin solvere 'to loosen, unfasten' — think of untying a knot. So unsolved literally means 'not yet loosened,' a problem still tangled up. The same root gives us solution (the act of loosening), dissolve (loosen apart), and absolute (loosened from all constraints).

adj Not yet solved.

The murder case remains unsolved despite decades of investigation.

(形容词) 未解决的;悬而未决的

尽管调查了数十年,这起谋杀案仍然未破。

(adjetivo) sin resolver; no resuelto; pendiente; irresoluto [Que aún no se ha resuelto.]

El caso de asesinato sigue sin resolverse a pesar de décadas de investigación.

(adjectif) non résolu; irrésolu; en suspens [Qui n'a pas encore été résolu ou élucidé.]

L'affaire de meurtre reste non résolue malgré des décennies d'enquête.

(Adjektiv) ungelöst [noch nicht gelöst oder aufgeklärt.]

Der Mordfall bleibt trotz jahrzehntelanger Ermittlungen **unsolved**.

(形容詞) まだ解決されていない。

その殺人事件は何十年にもわたる捜査にもかかわらず、未解決のままである。

(adjetivo) não resolvido; por resolver; sem solução; não solucionado [Ainda não resolvido.]

O caso de assassinato continua não resolvido apesar de décadas de investigação.

Word parts: un + solv + ed

Common collocations

of prep be verb problem subst remain verb mystery subst crime subst still adv in prep to prep murder subst with prep leave verb

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