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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The three people were boating in Dauphin Island in Alabama, and the boy Hunter Slezak was the only person still unaccounted for. —

Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024 Additionally, prosecutors accused Naresh of going to a Walmart in Chantilly on July 30 to buy three knives, with two still being unaccounted for. —

Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024 The torrential rains of Oct. 29 destroyed houses, roads and bridges, killed more than 200 people and left hundreds more unaccounted for. —

Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024 Hundreds more are still unaccounted for from the deadliest mainland U.S. hurricane since Katrina. —

Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unaccounted for

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