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whydunnit in British English or whydunit (ˈwaɪˌdʌnɪt) noun informal a novel, film, etc, concerned with the motives of the criminal rather than his or her identity Examples of 'whydunnit' in a sentencewhydunnit The three-part mini-series is more of a 'whydunnit' than a 'whodunnit'.This is not a whodunnit, it's a whydunnit.This 'whydunnit' is a clever page-turner - and the book everyone's talking about!The story unfolds as a forensic and detailed whydunnit.For most of this first episode, we think we know whodunnit, which leaves the far more absorbing question - whydunnit?It's not even a whydunnit.It's not a crime story in the sense of a traditional whodunnit, but more of a motivational whydunnit. |