unnoticed

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US/ʌnˈnoʊtɪst/UK/ʌnˈnəʊtɪst/

adjective

Not noticed.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveunnoticed (comparative more unnoticed, superlative most unnoticed)

comparative more unnoticed · superlative most unnoticed

  1. 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 euronews
    3 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 424–425

    The 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 25

    Mr. 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 2021

    Synonyms: unnoted, unreputed, unsung, fameless, gloriless, inglorious, nameless, nonfamous · Antonyms: noticed, bait, fabled, famed, famous, famoused, iconic, irrecondite

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishnoticed
  9. Englishunnoticed

From un- + noticed.

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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

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Cite this entry
APA

unnoticed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnoticed

MLA

“unnoticed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnoticed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unnoticed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unnoticed.

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