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unmarked

unmarked

12 4.8
Not noticed or celebrated by other people
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmɑrkt/
translation icon : desapercibido
  • We will leave the graves unmarked.
  • an unmarked grave
  • unmarked burial

And they will follow that path all the way to where it ends in history's unmarked grave of discarded lies.

Examples

  • ...why is the rest of the body unmarked?

  • The roads look deserted and unmarked in a way that only the roads in East Boston can look.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • His grave is unmarked... but it does not matter.

  • A moment later, Cerrone and Miller cruise by in an unmarked car and park at the end of the block.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • A woman weeping at an unmarked grave, the name of her loss forever on the tip of her tongue.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • There are many of his ilk hereabouts, sleeping here in unmarked graves.

  • Finally, she slid across a smooth and unmarked sea, with the growing line of the horizon beckoning them forward.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Up to this time, Jerusalem had remained largely unclaimed for Christianity and almost unmarked by Christian monuments.

    Academic text (2007)
  • PENNSYLVANIA: The Irish-immigrant railroad workers were all but forgotten, buried in a mass, unmarked grave in 1832.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The soldier was laid to rest in an unmarked grave, honoring his sacrifice anonymously.

Synonyms

unseen
vsunmarked
66 3.2

Hidden so people do not notice it

focuses on being without any mark, notice, or public recognition
unnoticed
vsunmarked
57 2.5

Other people do not see or pay attention to it

is the broader lack of marking or acknowledgement in any way
undetected
vsunmarked
37 4.6

Not found or noticed by others

is about not being marked or acknowledged, not only about detection
under the radar
vsunmarked
34 5.2

People do not notice it because someone keeps it quiet

is the neutral absence of mark or recognition, without deliberate concealment
inconspicuous
vsunmarked
15 6.9

Not easy to see or notice

refers more broadly to having no mark, celebration, or recognition
unacknowledged
vsunmarked
5 6.1

Not recognized or accepted openly by others

is the more general state of having no mark or recognition at all
unmentioned
vsunmarked
4 4.4

Not said or talked about

is about lacking any mark or recognition beyond mere mention or talk
unrecognized
vsunmarked
3 4.2

Not known or noticed by other people

is about absence of any mark or public acknowledgement rather than identity
unobserved
vsunmarked
3 5.2

Not seen or noticed by anyone

is the general absence of any mark or recognition rather than only sight
unremarked
vsunmarked
1 7.4

Not noticed or talked about by other people

is the wider idea of having no mark, notice, or celebration
unperceived
vsunmarked
1 8.2

Other people do not notice someone or something

covers lack of any marking or acknowledgment beyond sensory absence
unnoted
vsunmarked
7.3

Not seen by people or left out when people think about it

is mainly about having no explicit mark or acknowledgement at all
unglimpsed
vsunmarked
9.9

Not seen or noticed by anyone

is the general failure to be marked, noticed, or acknowledged
unregarded
vsunmarked
6.7

Not noticed or given any attention

is about lacking any formal mark, notice, or public recognition
overlooked
vsunmarked
4.0

People do not notice it when it is important

denotes a broader state of having no mark or public acknowledgement

Antonyms

2.7

Clearly noticeable because of a special mark

Accepted by others as true or real

How Noticed

prominent
353 3.9
marked
2.7
noticeable
65 3.2
unmarked
12 4.8
unnoticed
57 2.5

Surface Forms

unmarked positive

Morphology

unmarked = marked (transparent) = un + mark + ed

The prefix 'un-' clearly negates the adjective 'marked', making the meaning easily derivable.

Etymology

Unmarked comes from the parts un- meaning 'not' and mark meaning 'sign' or 'notice', so when something goes unmarked it has no sign or note and people do not notice or celebrate it.