unascertained
/ˌʌnasəˈteɪnd
/adjective
Not confirmed or ascertained; unknown.There is no basis for asserting that Allianz had any right to any ascertained or unascertained part of the sponsorship money....
- In view of the extreme rarity of three deaths without explanation occurring in the same family I have given the cause of death as unascertained pending further investigations.
- We used to call this sudden infant death syndrome, but some coroners are turning away from that and saying the cause of death is unascertained because that is a more honest reflection of the situation.
Derivatives
unascertainable
- The cause I gave was unascertainable due to decomposition.
- The results of a post-mortem examination revealed the cause of death was unascertainable and a file has now been passed to the coroner.
- I mean, this is a legislative framework that refers everybody through an unascertainable process where we're not certain whether there'll be any uniformity about it.
Rhymes
- short commons
- short corner
- short covering
- shortcrust
- shortcrust pastry
- shortcut
- short-dated
- short-day
- short division
- short-eared owl
- shorten
- short end
- shortening
- shortfall
- short field
- short for
- short-fused
- short game
- shorthair
- short-haired
- shorthand
- short-handed
- shorthand typist
- short haul
- short head