How to say "unresolved" in Japanese

• 未解決みかいけつCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveThe default choice for 'unresolved' in its general sense: a problem, question, or issue that remains unsettled or pending. The common word, and the one you want for unsolved problems and outstanding matters.
  ２つの問題もんだいが未解決みかいけつのままであった。↗

  Two problems remained unsolved.
• 審議未了しんぎみりょう
  nounLess common and narrow: it really means 'shelved' — a bill or proposal whose deliberation was never completed in the legislature. For 'unresolved' problems this is seldom the word you want; use 未解決 instead.

Use 未解決 for the ordinary sense of 'unresolved' — a problem, question, or issue still unsettled or pending; reserve 審議未了 for the special sense of a bill or proposal left undeliberated, i.e. shelved.

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• 未解決みかいけつunsolved
• 審議未了しんぎみりょうunresolved
• ずるずるloose