unaccounted for
idiom
—used to say that what happened to someone or something is not known
Many people were unaccounted for after the disaster.
A great deal of money remains unaccounted for.
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Another 15 are still unaccounted for, including that of Omer and Itay Chen, another American Israeli.
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Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
As of May 2025, 24% of them were housed, 23% were in a shelter or another indoor environment, 33% were unsheltered and 19% were unaccounted for.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
That leaves roughly $310,000 in public money allocated to the A3 Foundation but unaccounted for in the Herald’s reporting.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Troopers have received secondhand reports of people who were unaccounted for in Kipnuk and are continuing efforts to confirm and verify how many people are missing.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
As of May 2025, 24% of them were housed, 23% were in a shelter or another indoor environment, 33% were unsheltered and 19% were unaccounted for.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
That leaves roughly $310,000 in public money allocated to the A3 Foundation but unaccounted for in the Herald’s reporting.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Troopers have received secondhand reports of people who were unaccounted for in Kipnuk and are continuing efforts to confirm and verify how many people are missing.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Unaccounted for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaccounted%20for. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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