UNNOTICED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unnoticed mean? 

• UNNOTICED (adjective)
  The adjective UNNOTICED has 1 sense:

1. not noticed

  Familiarity information: UNNOTICED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNNOTICED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not noticed

Context example:

hoped his departure had passed unnoticed

Similar:

disregarded; forgotten (not noticed inadvertently)

ignored; neglected; unheeded (disregarded)

overlooked; unmarked; unnoted (not taken into account)

unobserved; unseen (not seen or observed)

unperceived; unremarked (not perceived or commented on)

Antonym:

noticed (being perceived or observed)

 Context examples 

Slightly lower sodium levels in the blood are likely to be unnoticed in clinical practice.

(Blood Sodium Levels May Affect Cognition in Older Adults, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Emma then looked up, and immediately saw how it was; and after a moment's debate, as to whether it should pass unnoticed or not, replied, Never marry!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Every drop of fresh water contains thousands of different organic molecules that have previously gone unnoticed.

(Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater ecosystems, University of Cambridge)

Nor was her distress unnoticed by the Irishman.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Plant movement is generally not obvious and tends to go unnoticed.

(Some plants are capable of ‘rubbing’ themselves for hours in order to achieve self fertilization, University of Granada)

According to the WHO, infections typically occur during childhood but may go unnoticed, leading to a permanently impaired lymphatic system.

(New portable device to gauge severity of elephantiasis, SciDev.Net)

I had seated myself on a settee in the corner, upon the Prince’s invitation, and very glad I was to remain quiet and unnoticed, listening to the talk of these men.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Now, he has his back towards me," thought I, "and he is occupied too; perhaps, if I walk softly, I can slip away unnoticed."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In repassing through the small vaulted room, however, your eyes will be attracted towards a large, old-fashioned cabinet of ebony and gold, which, though narrowly examining the furniture before, you had passed unnoticed.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

A team of astronomers found new evidence of the occurrence of a kilonova — a cosmic explosion that creates massive amounts of gold and platinum — that went unnoticed during initial observations of a gamma-ray burst spotted in August 2016 but was confirmed after examination of data from the 2017 LIGO detection of gravitational waves.

(Astronomers find a golden glow from a distant stellar collision, National Science Foundation)