nonobvious

Examples

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• We should prefer a position that is nonobvious but correct to one that is self-evident but wrong.

  Academic text (1997)

• Such taxa may, however, have some nonobvious means of nutrient distribution that mimics the essential behavior of branching systems. "With a model now in hand that predicts how supply distribution systems should behave, even in single cells, we may discover features of simpler organisms that were previously overlooked," Beuchat says.

  Academic text (1998)

• Finally, I counted the number of nonobvious ideas in this little program.

  Blog text (29)

• It is also not whether the claims at issue are novel, nonobvious, or too broad.

  Blog text (8)

• They do not know, for example, whether the 'invention' is new and nonobvious.

  Blog text (34)

• The practice of locating a tower crane inside a stairwell was once what the law calls "novel and nonobvious."

  Academic text (2009)

• This process, however, is precipitating a wrenching and nonobvious transformation of the IDF.

  Academic text (1996)

• We have seen that this 10% level of retention after 15 minutes is typical for a nonobvious or counterintuitive fact that is presented in a lecture, even when the audience is primarily physics faculty and graduate students.

  Academic text (2005)

• But the question of how it uses that elastic currency—to make foolish creditors whole, or to replace lost money post-default, is a nonobvious policy choice.

  Blog text (10)

• Greenberg thus opens the 1950s with this admission of the ethnospecificity of the easel picture, an acknowledgement that is, to quote Charles Mills on the racial contract, "simultaneously quite obvious if you think about it and nonobvious, since most whites don't think about it."

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

I

indistinct

vsnonobvious

328 5.3

Not easy to see, hear, or understand

is about unclear meaning requiring thought rather than only physical blurriness

S

subtle

vsnonobvious

276 6.0

Not easy to notice or understand because it is small

focuses on general lack of immediate clarity requiring careful thought

I

inconspicuous

vsnonobvious

15 6.9

Not easy to see or notice

emphasises needing mental effort to understand rather than low visibility

I

imperceptible

vsnonobvious

9 7.8

Very small or slight and hard to notice

is noticeable with thought and effort rather than nearly undetectable

I

indiscernible

vsnonobvious

4 8.8

Hard to see, hear, or notice

is usually detectable with careful thought rather than utterly without signs

U

unnoticeable

vsnonobvious

2 4.6

Hard to see or notice

is different because it needs thought to be recognised rather than mere invisibility

U

unobvious

vsnonobvious

1 7.8

Hard to notice or understand at first

applies more broadly to things needing mental effort to recognise

N

nonmanifest

vsnonobvious

8.8

Not easy to see or notice

is about absence of immediate clarity that needs careful thought

U

unapparent

vsnonobvious

7.9

Not easily seen, noticed, or understood

is used when something needs deliberate thought to become understood

I

inapparent

vsnonobvious

8.1

Hard to see or notice

refers to things requiring thought to recognise rather than mere invisibility

I

insensible

vsnonobvious

7.4

So small that people do not notice it

calls for careful thought to recognise meaning rather than tiny gradual change

N

nonlucid

vsnonobvious

8.5

Difficult to understand

is unclear because it needs thought to understand ideas rather than poor expression

Antonyms

C

clear

∞ 1.0

Easy to understand and not confusing

O

obvious

∞ 1.0

Easy to see or understand

How Obvious

clear

∞ 1.0

noticeable

65 3.2

nonobvious

1 7.4

obscure

28 8.2

hidden

125 1.1

Surface Forms

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Etymology