undetectable

adjective

Definition of undetectablenext
as in imperceptible

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Recent Examples of undetectable Aguilar said treatment had suppressed the amount of the HIV virus in her husband’s blood to undetectable levels. — Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 The best bras for older women address sagging, loss of volume, and other changes that come with aging, while remaining stylish and undetectable under clothing. — Jenny Berg, InStyle, 29 July 2026 Dioxins have a half-life in the body of seven to 11 years, according to the World Health Organization, and lead can also be undetectable in blood but still remain in the body, bound to bones, for decades. — Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026 These tools can even be overlaid on the interview screen itself, claiming to appear invisible and undetectable. — IEEE Spectrum, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for undetectable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undetectable
  1. imperceptible
  2. invisible
  3. indistinguishable
  4. inaudible
  5. intangible
Adjective
  • Movie genres wax and wane over time in a way that can be borderline imperceptible.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
  • And, scarily, this kind of inflammation is mostly imperceptible.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of imperceptible
Adjective
  • In response, some AI firms like Claude-maker Anthropic have recently added invisible 'watermarks' into their products, giving people a reliable way to spot their products' outputs for the first time.
    — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The Buñuelian skeptic in me also shirks at Fried’s approving references to Diderot’s petite église invisible, the small hidden church whose members—painters, critics, curators, patrons—are the vision-gifted serious pursuers of art history.
    — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of invisible
Adjective
  • In a video of the evacuation Enciso pulled up on his phone, Ravenswood streets are indistinguishable from the adjacent waterway – save for cars and rooftops poking up through the flood.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2026
  • But, in the event of a glitch, transporter rooms effectively become highly sophisticated 3D printers, creating duplicates indistinguishable from the original beamee.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of indistinguishable
Adjective
  • Many of these sounds, inaudible to humans until now, communicate intriguing and often important meaning.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Tornyol’s latest model, LeSonar2, features 32 ultrasonic emitters that produce ultrasonic pulses (inaudible to humans) which reflect off nearby objects or insects.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 July 2026
Definition of inaudible
Adjective
  • As enterprise value continues to shift toward intangible assets, IP ownership, validity and enforceability directly inform valuation defensibility and post closing performance assumptions.
    — Keegan Caldwell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The company said that drastic decrease was the result of pre-acquisition adjustments to the value of intangible assets as well as restructuring costs.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of intangible

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“Undetectable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undetectable. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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