Meanings
comparative more unnoticed · superlative most unnoticed
- Not noticed.
The change of blue of the flags adorning the Elysée Palace was first made a year ago but went largely unnoticed.
2021 November 11, “Macron reverts French flag to navy blue from lighter EU shade”, in euronews3 more examples
In the midst of a world war many centenaries pass unnoticed, but one which fell on August 2, namely, the opening of Fenchurch Street station, is deserving of record.
1941 September, “Notes and News: The London & Blackwall Cable Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 424–425The announcement was slipped out almost unnoticed on the last day before Parliament was dissolved to prepare for a General Election.
2019 November 20, “Government delays Heathrow rail to consider other modes”, in Rail, page 25Mr. Hankwitz’s endorsement of Betterment was unsolicited, but the power of so-called finfluencers like him has not gone unnoticed.
2021 April 28, Tara Siegel Bernard, “Trading Stock Tips on TikTok, Newbies Are Deeply Invested in Learning”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2021Synonyms: unnoted, unreputed, unsung, fameless, gloriless, inglorious, nameless, nonfamous · Antonyms: noticed, bait, fabled, famed, famous, famoused, iconic, irrecondite
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot noticed.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot noticed
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-
- Englishnoticed
- Englishunnoticed
Translations
Bulgarian незабелязан
- незабелязан (nezabeljazan)not noticed
Catalan desapercebut
- desapercebutnot noticed
Danish ubemærket
- ubemærketnot noticed
Dutch ongemerkt, onopgemerkt
- ongemerktnot noticed
- onopgemerktnot noticed
Finnish huomaamatta jäänyt, huomiotta jäänyt
- huomaamatta jäänytnot noticed
- huomiotta jäänytnot noticed
- huomaamatonnot noticed
- jota ei ole huomattunot noticed
French inaperçu
- inaperçunot noticed
German unbemerkt
- unbemerktnot noticed
Greek απαρατήρητος
- απαρατήρητος (aparatíritos)not noticed
Hungarian észrevétlen
- észrevétlennot noticed
Italian inosservato
- inosservatonot noticed
Japanese 気付かれない, 認知されない
- 気付かれない (kizukarenai)not noticed
- 認知されない (ninchi sarenai)not noticed
Māori huna, ngaro
- hunanot noticed
- ngaronot noticed
Polish niezauważony
- niezauważonynot noticed
Portuguese desapercebido, despercebido
- desapercebidonot noticed
- despercebidonot noticed
Russian незаме́ченный
- незаме́ченный (nezaméčennyj)not noticed
Spanish desapercibido, inadvertido
- desapercibidonot noticed
- inadvertidonot noticed
Swedish obemärkt
- obemärktnot noticed
Ukrainian непомі́чений
- непомі́чений (nepomíčenyj)not noticed
Welsh disylw
- disylwnot noticed
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
unnoticed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnoticed
“unnoticed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnoticed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unnoticed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnoticed.
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