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.

Examples of unaccounted for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More than 72,000 servicemembers from the war remain unaccounted for. —Stephen Smith, CBS News, 21 May 2024

The owner got control of a second dog, but the third is missing and unaccounted for, according to the department. —Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024

Two bodies are still unaccounted for: Miguel Luna, 49, father and grandfather from El Salvador and José Mynor López, father of four from Guatemala. —Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024

Montgomery has been in custody since the beginning of 2021 after his estranged ex-wife reported Harmony missing and Manchester police discovered she had been unaccounted for since 2019. —Stepheny Price, Fox News, 9 May 2024

Presumed dead, the 19-year-old was officially listed as lost and unaccounted for by the Army. —Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 May 2024

The fire required 15 people to be rescued, injured at least one person and left two construction workers unaccounted for, officials said. —Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2024

Two more victims remain unaccounted for and have been declared dead after the March 26 incident, when a cargo ship crashed into the Baltimore bridge, causing a near-total collapse of a bridge span in the port. —Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2024

About 130 hostages remain unaccounted for, with some known to be dead. —Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024