unobserved
adjective
un·ob·served
ˌən-əb-ˈzərvd 
: not noticed or perceived : not observed
The two vessels slipped out of Plymouth, unobserved by Spanish spies …—
Samuel Eliot Morison
Samuel Eliot MorisonA welcoming place is almost by definition someplace out of sight, someplace private and unobserved.—Jane Kramer
Jane KramerExamples of unobserved in a Sentence
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But these events were either unobserved at the time or took place before scientists had the tools to identify what was happening, let alone chart in exquisite detail their impact on immune systems.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 28 Mar. 2024
But by the time these conditions are discovered in a patient, the key evolutionary moment when an HSC lost its way has come and gone unobserved.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024
Never ones to let a celestial object go unobserved, astronomers turned to other wavelengths of light to peer behind the dust of our galaxy and into the depths of the Universe.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2023
And then there’s the not-so-small matter of inactive, which also often means unobserved.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
In the latest models of cosmology, these unobserved phenomena make up 95 percent of the universe.
—Kate Larue, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
Instead, Mike got up early and struck out unobserved.
—TIME, 18 Oct. 2023
Infinitely many universes, unobserved?
—David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 17 July 2022
By observing the universe with longer wavelengths of light than other space telescopes use, Webb can study the beginning of time more closely, hunt for unobserved formations among the first galaxies, and peer inside dust clouds where stars and planetary systems are currently forming.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022
Helen Branswell, STAT, 28 Mar. 2024
But by the time these conditions are discovered in a patient, the key evolutionary moment when an HSC lost its way has come and gone unobserved.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024
Never ones to let a celestial object go unobserved, astronomers turned to other wavelengths of light to peer behind the dust of our galaxy and into the depths of the Universe.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 24 Apr. 2023
And then there’s the not-so-small matter of inactive, which also often means unobserved.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
In the latest models of cosmology, these unobserved phenomena make up 95 percent of the universe.
—Kate Larue, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
Instead, Mike got up early and struck out unobserved.
—TIME, 18 Oct. 2023
Infinitely many universes, unobserved?
—David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 17 July 2022
By observing the universe with longer wavelengths of light than other space telescopes use, Webb can study the beginning of time more closely, hunt for unobserved formations among the first galaxies, and peer inside dust clouds where stars and planetary systems are currently forming.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022
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“Unobserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unobserved. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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