unresolved
adjEtymology From un- + resolved.
1
For which no solution has been found.
- If the Chairman has been convinced of all this why is the matter still unresolved?1961 July 23, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:
- Ultimately, Furst suggests that each generation is condemned to live out its parents’ unresolved stories, over and over, fuguelike.2007 October 21, Field Maloney, “Here in Dinkytown”, in The New York Times:
2
Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences Not yet processed or resolved.
- unresolved trauma
- The psychotherapist encouraged patients to describe their unresolved emotional problems.
3
Not determined; unfixed in one's purpose.
- Derived terms
- unresolvedly, unresolvedness