inostensibleadj.
/ɪnɒˈstɛnsɪb(ə)l/ Not ostensible; unavowed.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not to be revealed
unrevealable1593
ineffable1598
unavowable1802
inostensible1843
buriable1862
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective]
unawnedc1175
unconfesseda1500
unpresented1523
undeclared1526
unrevealed1529
unproclaimed1570
undisclosed1571
unbetrayed1595
mystical1600
unbewrayed1605
undivulged1608
unpublished1608
irrevealed1610
tonguelessa1616
undiscovereda1616
unaffirmeda1631
unprofessed1647
unphrased1663
in poigne1710
napkined1756
unavowed1790
unsignified1809
unsunned1814
expressionless1819
inexpressed1821
unindicated1825
unblazoned1830
inostensible1843
unjournalized1843
unaverred1850
unexhibited1862
unadvertised1864
hermetic1954
1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 139 The deterioration..was..progressive and inostensible.
Derivatives
inoˈstensibly adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adverb] > without declaration
unexpressedly1561
sneakingly1730
inostensibly1791
unavowedly1861
1791 Burke's Corr. (1844) III. 298 The Chevalier..goes to England (inostensibly or ostensibly, as shall be thought best) to act as agent for the princes.
1884 Homil. Monthly Oct. 763 Their sympathies have, either obviously or inostensibly, been on the side of the strong.
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adj.1791