unsolved problem
collocation in Englishmeanings of unsolved and problem
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problem
noun [C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
(Definition of unsolved and problem from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of unsolved problem
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This appears to be a still unsolved problem.
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One unsolved problem is to characterize those special nonlinearities where the travelling wave continues to exist all the way down to the symmetric case.
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In particular, the unsolved problem of reparations for a long time caused problems in the monetary system as well as in trade policy.
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But, due to its present high prevalence around the world, and the potential for his resurgence, this disease remains an unsolved problem.
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Finding a simple, clear way even to specify the clients' needs, let alone satisfy them, appears to be an unsolved problem.
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Here and elsewhere, an unsolved problem of who is meant as the intended audience of this study surfaces and lingers.
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All the philosophical and epistemological systems of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have in some way or another been concerned with this unsolved problem.
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Contrastiveness and faithfulness 103 interspeaker variation remains an unsolved problem in this, as in all existing theories of phonology and phonetics.
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Kant will not admit that the unsolved problem on which £, is based will remain forever unsolvable.
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The quantitative measurement and analysis of multiple bonds in biological systems, including bonds in series and bonds in parallel, remains an important but unsolved problem for both experimentalists and theoreticians.
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In spite of the previous studies, there still remains an unsolved problem; how to determine a force reflection gain under the uncertain characteristics of master and environments.
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He said that we did not go far enough, because we are not dealing with the unsolved problem of a second chamber.
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The abolition of the death penalty presents us with an unsolved problem of the length of sentences.
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The second case is actually happening now and is still an unsolved problem.
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It is that unsolved problem which gives rise to headline news about auditors failing in their function.
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There still remains, however, a fundamental and unsolved problem — the unsatisfactory investigation of what happened in that "untoward incident".
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There is also the unsolved problem of nuclear waste, unsolved but very serious indeed.
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That is the unsolved problem which lies at the heart of the convention package.
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I hope still that they will recognise that they have, at the very minimum, an unsolved problem.
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Nor must we overlook the challenging and as yet unsolved problem of how much chocolate makes a chocolate biscuit.
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