Unobserved Meaning
/ˈʌnəˈbzɜrvd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjNot seen or observed.
advWhilst not being seen or observed.
Sentence Examples
He left the boxes unobserved.
They were counting on sneaking in to the venue unobserved.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The thief remained ____ by the guards and escaped without being seen.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The experiment was carried out ____ by the researchers, who wanted to see how the subjects would react naturally today.
Word Origin & History
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 observed English unobserved From un- + observed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, […]"
— 1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 5:
"The relation of the logit formula to the distribution of unobserved utility (as opposed to the characteristics of choice probabilities) was developed by Marley, as cited by Luce and Suppes (1965), who showed that the extreme value distribution leads to the logit formula."
— 2002, chapter 3, in Behavioral Models, UC Berkeley, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2022, page 38:
"The visitors we do not encourage are the many small boys who slip in unobserved and are a danger to themselves and the staff."
— 1960 April 26, A. W. Bennett, “A Locomotive Shedmaster's Day”, in Railway Magazine, page 273:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The thief remained ____ by the guards and escaped without being seen.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The experiment was carried out ____ by the researchers, who wanted to see how the subjects would react naturally today.