unanswered

English

Etymology

From Middle English unansuered, unanswerd, equivalent to un- +‎ answered.

Adjective

unanswered (not comparable)

1. That has not been answered or addressed.

   The flashing light on the answering machine bore testimony to the unanswered call.

   • 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track‎^[1], Guardian Unlimited:

     The timing of the incident raised the question, almost certainly destined to remain unanswered, of whether, having allowed the escapers to pass by unhindered, the culprit had waited specifically for the yellow jersey group before sowing his mischief.

   • 2015 April 30, Christopher Bodeen, “3 killed in Chinese town where North Koreans blamed in past”, in AP News‎^[2], archived from the original on 26 May 2022:

     The Helong city government said a 55-year-old man surnamed Zhao, his 26-year-old daughter and another man aged 67 were killed Saturday. It said in a statement that police from the provincial to the local levels were investigating. […]
     Calls to Helong city and Yanbian prefecture government spokesmen rang unanswered on Thursday.

Translations

not answered

• Danish: ubesvaret
• Georgian: პასუხგაუცემელი (ṗasuxgaucemeli)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ubesvart (no)

• Swedish: obesvarad (sv)