Standard Lemma guide

unnoticed

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ʌnˈnoʊtɪst/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈnəʊtɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N N OW1 T IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not noticed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unnoted, unreputed, unsung, fameless, gloriless, inglorious, nameless, nonfamous, obscure, renownless, unfamous, unhonored, unglorified, ungloriful, unglorious, unnoticed, unrenowned

Antonyms: noticed, bait, fabled, famed, famous, famoused, iconic, irrecondite, known, legendary, mere, notable, noted, noteworthy, proverbial, recognizable, renowned, storied, well-known

2

adjective

Meaning 2

not noticed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hoped his departure had passed unnoticed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: noticed

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: desapercibíu — not noticed
  • Belarusian: незаўва́жаны (njezawvážany) — not noticed
  • Bulgarian: незабелязан (nezabeljazan) — not noticed
  • Catalan: desapercebut — not noticed
  • Danish: ubemærket — not noticed
  • Dutch: ongemerkt — not noticed
  • Dutch: onopgemerkt — not noticed
  • Finnish: huomaamatta jäänyt — not noticed
  • Finnish: huomiotta jäänyt — not noticed
  • Finnish: huomaamaton — not noticed
  • Finnish: jota ei ole huomattu — not noticed
  • French: inaperçu — not noticed
  • German: unbemerkt — not noticed
  • Greek: απαρατήρητος (aparatíritos) — not noticed
  • Hungarian: észrevétlen — not noticed
  • Italian: inosservato — not noticed
  • Japanese: 気付かれない (kizukarenai) — not noticed
  • Japanese: 認知されない (ninchi sarenai) — not noticed
  • Māori: huna — not noticed
  • Māori: ngaro — not noticed
  • Polish: niezauważony — not noticed
  • Portuguese: desapercebido — not noticed
  • Portuguese: despercebido — not noticed
  • Russian: незаме́ченный (nezaméčennyj) — not noticed
  • Spanish: desapercibido — not noticed
  • Spanish: inadvertido — not noticed
  • Swedish: obemärkt — not noticed
  • Ukrainian: непомі́чений (nepomíčenyj) — not noticed
  • Welsh: disylw — not noticed
Real reading context

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