undetected

CEFRB2

/ˌʌndɪˈtɛktɪd/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not noticed or discovered.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Not found; undiscovered.

Examples

  • It would be impossible to estimate how many crimes went undetected last year.

  • Seek and you shall find, what is unsought will go undetected.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

More examples

In context
  • 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.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The virus remained blank for weeks because the symptoms were very mild.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From un- + detected.