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unaˈccounted, ppl. a.
[un-1 8, 8 c.]
1. a. Not taken account of. rare—1.
1587Golding De Mornay xxi. 328 A people being conquered, caried away,..vnaccounted of,..as the Iewes were.
b. Not accounted for.
1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 392 Allowing the average of this increase to the fourteen unaccounted for. 1834Tait's Mag. I. 697/1 Sir Robert Walpole..had left a million and a half of the public money unaccounted for. 1884Manch. Exam. 22 Nov. 4/7 The voting papers were scrutinised with the exception of 547 remaining unaccounted for.
2. Of which no account is given.
1689Apol. Fail. Walker's Acc. 19 Those unaccounted (but not unaccountable) baffles giv'n to the reliefs sent to Derry. 1812Examiner 5 Oct. 633/1 Which suffers an Irish Defaulter of unaccounted millions, to remain unaudited. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. II. 56 note, They reported unaccounted balances of 1,509,161l., besides much that was questionable in the payments. |