unascertained

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An inquest jury concluded Leona died from a cardiac arrest, but the underlying cause of her sudden deterioration was given as unascertained.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Area coroner Rose Farmer said the cause of death was unascertained, pending toxicology.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

While the cause of her death is "unascertained", jurors have heard she could have died from the cold or co-sleeping.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

When cross-examined by Mr Gordon's lawyer, John Femi-Ola KC put to the pathologist that it was "important not to guess" about possible causes of death since the pathological cause of death was unascertained.

From BBC • Feb. 29, 2024

They were all alike consigned to the same funeral pyre, and thousands of volumes of unascertained, but perhaps considerable, value were thus lost to the world for ever.

From Impressions of a War Correspondent by Lynch, George