unaccounted
unaccounted Lexical Profile
unaccounted Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Of unknown location, status, or fate, especially following an emergency, disaster, or roll call (almost always followed by 'for').
"Rescue teams continued searching the mountainside while three hikers remained unaccounted for."
Not explained, justified, or taken into consideration in an analysis, record, or financial statement (often followed by 'for').
"The audit revealed several thousand dollars in unaccounted expenses from the previous fiscal quarter."
Word Nuance & Usage
Most commonly used predicatively with the preposition 'for' (as in 'unaccounted for') to indicate people whose whereabouts are unknown or funds that cannot be traced, though it can also appear attributively before a noun (e.g., 'unaccounted expenses').
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the 17th century from the negative prefix 'un-' combined with 'accounted', the past participle of 'account' (from Old French 'acunter', meaning to reckon or calculate).