undetected
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.dɪˈtɛk.tɪd/
- The small leak in the pipe went undetected for months until it caused major damage.
- go undetected
- remain undetected
- undetected errors
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- All right then, F Mertz asked, is it possible that the sun's twin could go undetected this long if it ever had a twin?
- And so they go undetected and what I believe is happening.
Examples
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A kidney stone can go undetected until it starts to move.
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How does something like this get into a motel room undetected?
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Right but we just have to walk 500 yards undetected.
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Early cases were mostly undetected and unreported.
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Was this a newly evolved virus or one that had been present but undetected before 1993?
Academic text (2002) -
Men and women maintain cognitive appraisals that often go undetected in the daily pursuit of business.
Academic text (2005) -
Unnoticed by controllers, Flight 77 changes course, flying undetected toward the nation's capital.
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Malnutrition is a significant problem in patients with COPD; however, it often goes undetected and consequently is often untreated.
Academic text (2012) -
Marching overnight, Ozaro and Massena arrive undetected at Ronco.
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After 25,000 nautical miles the Sevastopol has deliberately approached every navy in the world and remained completely undetected.
Synonyms
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4.2
Not known or named
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1.1
A thing that is not easily seen or found
520
2.3
Not known or named, often with no name given
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2.7
Not easy for other people to notice
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2.5
Other people do not see or pay attention to it
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3.2
Hidden so people do not notice it
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5.2
People do not notice it because someone keeps it quiet
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4.0
Not yet found or known by people
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5.2
Not seen or noticed by anyone
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4.8
Easy to see but not noticed because it looks ordinary
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6.6
Not easily seen or noticed
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4.2
Not known or noticed by other people
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5.3
Not known or expected to be there
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7.4
Not noticed or talked about by other people
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6.9
Not found even after people tried to find it
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8.2
Other people do not notice someone or something
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7.9
Not easily seen, noticed, or understood
1
9.9
Not seen or noticed by anyone
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9.1
Not understood or noticed by most people
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8.1
Hard to see or notice
Not seen or noticed
Antonyms
How Detected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Undetected starts with un- meaning 'not' and comes from detect, which means 'to find', like a detective who looks for clues. So undetected describes something that was 'not found' or 'not noticed'.