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 …—
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On this day, the astronauts took the opportunity to name one previously unobserved crater after Reid Wiseman's late wife Carroll, and another after their Orion spacecraft, Integrity.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2026
And in a place this small, nothing goes unobserved.
—The Sports Desk, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
According to the Cleveland Clinic, one in 2,500 pregnancies goes unobserved until labor.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
The equation says how the wave function evolves over time but only while the system is left unobserved.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2026
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2026
And in a place this small, nothing goes unobserved.
—The Sports Desk, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
According to the Cleveland Clinic, one in 2,500 pregnancies goes unobserved until labor.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
The equation says how the wave function evolves over time but only while the system is left unobserved.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unobserved
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“Unobserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unobserved. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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