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
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The 2022 logs offer a window into the routine but largely unobserved challenges faced by CHS staff in the jails.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
The second line of transmission spread, unobserved, from Koniono’s funeral across a broad swath of Sierra Leone and eventually into Liberia.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2015
The James Webb Space Telescope, a result of partnerships between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, allows scientists to peer into previously unobserved parts of the cosmos.
—Cheyenne Black, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
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
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Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
The second line of transmission spread, unobserved, from Koniono’s funeral across a broad swath of Sierra Leone and eventually into Liberia.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2015
The James Webb Space Telescope, a result of partnerships between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, allows scientists to peer into previously unobserved parts of the cosmos.
—Cheyenne Black, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
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
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“Unobserved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unobserved. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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