non-detected

adjective

Having failed to be detected; not detected.

OriginEnglish detected ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

adjectivenon-detected (not comparable)

alternative nondetected

  1. not comparableHaving failed to be detected; not detected.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
undetected

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishdetected
  15. Englishnon-detected

From non- + detected.

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APA

non-detected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-detected

MLA

“non-detected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-detected. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-detected,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-detected.

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