undetected

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English detected

English undetected

From un- + detected.

Adjective

undetected (comparative more undetected, superlative most undetected)

1. Not found; undiscovered.

   Synonym: non-detected

   • 2005, Dan Tynan, Computer Privacy Annoyances, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2006, Raj Madhavan, Elena R. Messina, James Sacra Albus, Intelligent Vehicle Systems: A 4D/RCS Approach, →ISBN, page 274:

     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.

Related terms

• undetectable (see a related note)

Translations

not found; undiscovered

• Finnish: huomaamaton (fi)
• Galician: desapercibido m
• Latin: indēprensus
• Manx: neuanchoodit