unapprehended

Examples

• All

• As Shelley wrote: "Metaphorical language marks the before unapprehended relations of things," and these vivid likenings are true to experience.

  Academic text (2008)

• It is this assumption against which Shelley protested that "Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present."

  Academic text (1996)

• Many valuable lessons remain unapprehended by students until they gain more life experience.

• The artist's true intentions were unapprehended by critics, leaving them to interpret the work in various ways.

Synonyms

U

unnoticed

vsunapprehended

57 2.5

Other people do not see or pay attention to it

adds that it can also mean not mentally grasped or recognized

L

lost on

vsunapprehended

42 7.4

Not understood or appreciated by someone

is broader, covering general lack of notice as well as misunderstanding

U

undetected

vsunapprehended

37 4.6

Not found or noticed by others

also applies when something is not mentally understood or realized

U

unseen

vsunapprehended

12 5.1

Not expected before and causing trouble or surprise

focuses more on surprise while key stresses lack of notice or understanding

U

unknowing

vsunapprehended

5 5.8

Not aware that something is happening or true

can be caused by not seeing or by not mentally grasping something

L

lost in the shuffle

vsunapprehended

• Informal

5 7.5

Missed when people are busy or things are disorganized

is broader, applying to any unnoticed or ununderstood item, not only confusion

U

unrecognized

vsunapprehended

3 4.2

Not known or noticed by other people

focuses more on recognition while key includes lack of understanding

U

unobserved

vsunapprehended

3 5.2

Not seen or noticed by anyone

includes both unseen events and things not intellectually understood

U

unremarked

vsunapprehended

1 7.4

Not noticed or talked about by other people

covers the same lack of attention but also lack of understanding

U

unperceived

vsunapprehended

1 8.2

Other people do not notice someone or something

also covers cases of not being mentally understood or recognized

U

unfathomed

vsunapprehended

1 9.9

Too deep or mysterious to understand

is more general, also covering simple failure to notice or grasp

U

uncomprehended

vsunapprehended

8.7

Not fully understood by people

includes lack of recognition or notice as well as limited understanding

U

ungrasped

vsunapprehended

9.0

A thing people do not fully understand

adds that something can also be simply unnoticed or unrecognized

U

uninterpreted

vsunapprehended

7.2

Something people have not explained or given a meaning

is similar but also covers things missed or not noticed

U

unlooked

vsunapprehended

• Archaic

9.9

Not seen or noticed

can also mean not mentally grasped or not recognized

O

overlooked

vsunapprehended

4.0

People do not notice it when it is important

covers both being missed and not being understood

U

unregarded

vsunapprehended

6.7

Not noticed or given any attention

can also refer to things simply not mentally grasped or realized

U

unpenetrated

vsunapprehended

9.1

Not yet explored or understood

is less about mystery and more about lack of notice or grasp

U

underseen

vsunapprehended

8.3

Seen by only a few people

can also mean simply not mentally grasped or not noticed at all

Antonyms

A

apprehended

• Formal

6.5

Completely understood in the mind

How Understood

comprehended

3.8

unapprehended

9.1

unclear

207 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology