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UNOBSERVED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not seen or observed

Example:

unseen forces at work

Synonyms:

unobserved; unseen

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unnoticed (not noticed)

Credits

 Context examples: 

MESSENGER’s lonely demise on the small, scorched planet closest to the sun went unobserved because the probe hit the side of the planet facing away from Earth, so ground-based telescopes were not able to capture the moment of impact.

(NASA Completes MESSENGER Mission with Expected Impact on Mercury's Surface, NASA)

Time has stolen on unobserved, for Adams is not the head-boy in the days that are come now, nor has he been this many and many a day.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

We transported the shellfish, or the “relish” as Mr. Peggotty had modestly called it, up into our room unobserved, and made a great supper that evening.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)