inapparent

adjective

Definition of inapparentnext
as in hidden

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inapparent
  1. hidden
  2. unlikely
  3. impossible
  4. improbable
  5. inconceivable
  6. implausible
Adjective
  • Take a breather by the beach, where days are made for lingering on golden sands, discovering hidden coves, and relaxing to the tune of the rolling Mediterranean tide.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
  • But unless that complexity is carefully managed, every new opportunity risks becoming another source of hidden cost.
    — Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of hidden
Adjective
  • The rationale being that Frank Lampard got his tactics spot on at the Etihad and on another day – a day when Coventry were more decisive in front of goal – their head coach would have been celebrating an unlikely result.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Chris Douglas, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan-Flint, called it unlikely that stick prices will go up 50% across the board, noting Canada's modest market share, but wonders what will happen if demand increases.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of unlikely
Adjective
  • Underwood wasn’t Michigan’s only problem, but his struggles were impossible to ignore.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In a community where trust in the immigration system and other authorities had eroded, Ortega became someone who had been through the same fear and knew how to navigate a system that many families found impossible to understand.
    — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of impossible
Adjective
  • However, an alliance of any kind between those parties is improbable and would be prone to instability.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Bryce Underwood launched a Hail Mary well out of the end zone as time seemed to expire on the Wolverines to give WMU an improbable upset victory late Saturday night in Ann Arbor.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of improbable
Adjective
  • When Emmanuel Macron revived the idea, in 2018, a curator at the Bayeux Museum insisted that moving the frankly archeological textile was, conservationally speaking, inconceivable.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • There are plenty of inconceivable exploits in the final season of Outer Banks, in ranging degrees of ridiculousness.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of inconceivable
Adjective
  • Fitbit Sense 2 didn’t show a significant average bias in its accepted results, though 13% of its estimates were implausible.
    — Mike McRae September 03, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Kading also rejected defense arguments that the prosecution’s account was implausible because Davis was not immediately killed in retaliation and because Knight later paid Anderson to testify on his behalf at a probation violation hearing.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of implausible
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