unnoticed

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 noticed

English unnoticed

From un- + noticed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈnoʊtɪst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈnəʊtɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: un‧no‧ticed

Adjective

unnoticed (comparative more unnoticed, superlative most unnoticed)

1. Not noticed.

   Synonyms: unnoted, unreputed, unsung; see also Thesaurus:unfamous

   Antonyms: noticed; see also Thesaurus:famous

   • 1941 September, “Notes and News: The London & Blackwall Cable Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 424–425:

     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.

   • 2019 November 20, “Government delays Heathrow rail to consider other modes”, in Rail, page 25:

     The announcement was slipped out almost unnoticed on the last day before Parliament was dissolved to prepare for a General Election.

   • 2021 April 28, Tara Siegel Bernard, “Trading Stock Tips on TikTok, Newbies Are Deeply Invested in Learning”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 2 August 2021:

     Mr. Hankwitz’s endorsement of Betterment was unsolicited, but the power of so-called finfluencers like him has not gone unnoticed.

   • 2021 November 11, “Macron reverts French flag to navy blue from lighter EU shade”, in euronews:

     The change of blue of the flags adorning the Elysée Palace was first made a year ago but went largely unnoticed.

Derived terms

• go unnoticed
• pass unnoticed
• unnoticedly

Related terms

• unnoticing
• unnotice

Translations

not noticed — see also blend in

• Asturian: desapercibíu
• Belarusian: незаўва́жаны (njezawvážany)
• Bulgarian: незабелязан (bg) (nezabeljazan)
• Catalan: desapercebut (ca)
• Danish: ubemærket
• Dutch: ongemerkt (nl), onopgemerkt (nl)
• Finnish: huomaamatta jäänyt, huomiotta jäänyt, huomaamaton (fi), jota ei ole huomattu
• French: inaperçu (fr)
• German: unbemerkt (de)
• Greek: απαρατήρητος (el) (aparatíritos)
• Hungarian: észrevétlen (hu)
• Italian: inosservato (it)
• Japanese: 気付かれない (ja) (kizukarenai), 認知されない (ja) (ninchi sarenai)
• Māori: huna, ngaro
• Polish: niezauważony m
• Portuguese: desapercebido (pt), despercebido (pt)
• Russian: незаме́ченный (ru) (nezaméčennyj)
• Spanish: desapercibido (es), inadvertido (es)
• Swedish: obemärkt (sv)
• Ukrainian: непомі́чений (nepomíčenyj)
• Welsh: disylw (cy)

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