Meanings
comparative more undetected · superlative most undetected
- Not found; undiscovered.
Children are an increasingly attractive target for ID thieves, in part because they're easy prey for smooth-talking predators in chat rooms, and because the crime can go undetected for years.
2005, Dan Tynan, Computer Privacy Annoyances, →ISBN1 more example
For example, positive obstacles such as fallen trees directly along the prescribed path would high-center the vehicle and negative obstacles such as culverts near certain intersections in the Urban course went undetected and became hazards for the XUV.
2006, Raj Madhavan, Elena R. Messina, James Sacra Albus, Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach, →ISBN, page 274Synonyms: non-detected
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot found; undiscovered.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishdetected
- Englishundetected
Translations
Finnish huomaamaton
- huomaamatonnot found; undiscovered
Latin indēprensus
- indēprensusnot found; undiscovered
Cite this entry
undetected. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undetected
“undetected.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undetected. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undetected,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undetected.
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