unaccounted-for
Whereabouts currently unknown
Unaccounted-for describes something or someone whose whereabouts, status, or disposition remains unknown or unexplained.
The term appears most often in contexts of disaster, conflict, or financial audit: Three soldiers remain unaccounted-for, unaccounted-for funds in the budget.
It implies that someone should have tracked or recorded the missing item but didn't—or couldn't.
Approximate current position
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- lostUnable to navigate
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
location · search · investigation · unexplained · mystery · gap · absence · untraced
Not yet clarified
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- inconsistencyLack of steady pattern
puzzle · mystery · oversight · omission · variable · factor · gap · unknown
Difference between expected and actual
- auditFormal accounts examination
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
irregularity · reconciliation · ledger · expenditure · variance · books · inventory · assets
whereabouts
Approximate current position
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- lostUnable to navigate
trace · location · search · investigation · unexplained · mystery · gap · absence · untraced · unfound
unexplained
Not yet clarified
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
inconsistency · puzzle · mystery · oversight · omission · variable · factor · gap · unknown · unresolved
discrepancy
Difference between expected and actual
- auditFormal accounts examination
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
deficit · irregularity · reconciliation · ledger · expenditure · variance · books · inventory · assets · documentation
unaccounted-foraccounted-for
Confirmed as present
documented · recorded · logged · inventoried · located
unaccounted-forexplained
Made something understandable
accounted-for · justified · resolved · cleared up · answered for
unaccounted, account, accounted, accounting, accounts, accountant, accountants, accountancy, countable