undetectedadj.
/ˌʌndᵻˈtɛktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌəndəˈtɛktəd/, /ˌəndiˈtɛktəd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > unobserved, undiscovered
unayetec1275
unespiedc1374
unperceiveda1375
unapperceived1390
unwitnessed1407
unkenneda1475
obscure1484
unaspied?1507
undiscerned1529
unsuspectedc1530
unspieda1542
unascried1548
undiscovered1555
unscried1578
unfound1584
undescried1595
undetectedc1602
uneyeda1627
undilucidated1635
insuspected1646
indiscovered1663
unbeheld1667
trackless1695
unjealoused1710
unbeholden1820
unencountered1821
undivined1852
unexcavated1874
uncognized1877
c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies iii. v. sig. E3v But woods and groues keepe your faults vndetected.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. ii. 124 Undetected properties might in many others..be discovered.
1749 S. Johnson Irene iii. ii. 35 Strange! that this gen'ral Fraud from Day to Day Should fill the World with Wretches undetected.
a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iii. 206 Which shews how much inaccuracy may sometimes pass undetected.
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. xxvi. 194 The gift..is stored, unknown to the possessor, undetected by the common observer.
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