unnoticed

adjective

un·​no·​ticed ˌən-ˈnō-təst How to pronounce unnoticed (audio)
: not seen or noticed
an unnoticed error
a change that has gone unnoticed

Examples of unnoticed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With account owners dead and families focused on grief, the hacking is more likely to go unnoticed. Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024 This relentless fatigue often goes unnoticed as people attribute it to a busy lifestyle. Dominique Fluker, Essence, 16 Apr. 2024 Her syllables flow from English to Hebrew, one language seeping almost unnoticed into the other. Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024 The post might almost have gone unnoticed outside of insider wine circles, but on in the inside, people were listening. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2024 That slick process went largely unnoticed in the moment, revealed only when one of the Muslim players involved thanked the goalkeeper, the league and the teams the next day. Tariq Panja, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024 Joey Garrison: These are often workers that go unnoticed for most Americans. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024 The Department of Sanitation now has five marine-transfer stations, which largely go unnoticed. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024 But the influence being accumulated by LIUNA has not gone unnoticed by volunteer activists like Richard Ram, president of the San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action, a community group chartered by the county Democratic Party. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unnoticed was in 1660

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“Unnoticed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unnoticed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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