unnoticedun‧no‧ticed /ʌnˈnəʊtɪst $ -ˈnoʊ-/ adjective, adverb 
Elsa stood unnoticed at the edge of the crowd.go/pass unnoticed His remark went unnoticed by everyone except me.
Longman Language Activatorto not notice something
· "Does Alex like your new hairstyle?" "He didn't even notice."· I saw Mike in town but he didn't notice me.not notice (that) · He was so wrapped up in his studying that he didn't notice that the phone was ringing.· She didn't notice her jewelry box was missing until after the police had left.not notice how/who/what etc · We were so busy we didn't notice how late it was.
to not notice something because it is difficult to see: · She missed the exit and had to turn around.· Jo spotted a mistake that everyone else had missed.· It's easy to miss the entrance - the sign is hidden behind a tree.
to not notice something because you have not been careful enough: · They found some important evidence that the police had overlooked.· Make a list of what you need to bring so you don't overlook anything.it's easy to overlook somebody/something: · The Hotel les Tipaniers, practically hidden between two much larger hotels, is easy to overlook but worth finding.
written to not notice something, especially when this could have a serious result: · Atkinson failed to notice the car ahead of him was parked and drove straight into the back of it.· They were not prepared for his second heart attack, having failed to notice the warning signs.· There was a growing resentment among inmates which the prison authorities had either failed to notice or just ignored.
if a fact escapes somebody's notice , they do not notice it, especially when they should have noticed it: · This problem has completely escaped his notice.· I'm amazed that there are so many restaurants in Tucson that have completely escaped my notice over the years.
: go/pass/escape etc unnoticed happen without anyone noticing: · The death of the former movie star passed unnoticed.· There were a lot of people at the party, which made it easy for Gary to slip away unnoticed.· Gradual hearing loss often goes unnoticed until substantial damage is done.
secretly, without being seen: · The royal couple arrived unseen in an unmarked car.· He managed to creep out of the house unseen and slip out through the garden.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY His remark went unnoticed by everyone except me.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
His remark went unnoticed by everyone except me.· One incident during Sfeir's tour went almost unnoticed.· The contagion spread slowly at first, almost unnoticed.· Whoever would have thought it possible? Almost unnoticed, the standard vacuum-braked 12 ton freight van was eliminated.· Other game animals, almost unnoticed, were beginning to falter, too.· A couple of anachronisms fighting it out here while real life moved in on them from the east almost unnoticed.· Now, her head emptied of Fenna, it flowed out smooth and bubbling, almost unnoticed.· From 1912, almost unnoticed by Parliament, Exchequer grants were paid to education authorities providing medical treatment.· Conversion may be gradual or sudden, quiet or dramatic, unmistakably evident to others or almost unnoticed.
· At first things developed largely unnoticed with new heroin-user networks establishing in Woodchurch, Ford and Moreton.· That simple marker is largely unnoticed today.· Countering ageism Ageism surrounds us, but it passes largely unnoticed and unchallenged.· The obvious fact that people of comfortable circumstance live peacefully together and those afflicted by poverty do not goes largely unnoticed.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- And then it was dark and their entry into camp had gone unnoticed.
- Feeding soldiers is not a glamorous business; for the most part it is an administrative function that goes unnoticed.
- He had been humiliated Wednesday night and that could not go unanswered.
- It might have gone unnoticed except that the dictionary is quite unequivocal about it.
- That despite a troublesome physical problem: a wrist fracture incurred on his last tour that went unnoticed for months.
- The success of the tests had not gone unnoticed at the Air Ministry.
- This attempt to confuse the issue went unanswered, and Santa Anna continued his preparations to advance on the capital.
- Underscoring this notion is the fact that other diseases continue to go unnoticed under the very nose of modern medicine.
- Amazing how some one so intelligent can be stupid enough to think such hypocrisy would pass unnoticed.
- But in a world where observing the social decencies passes unnoticed, how much incentive is there to be ordinarily good?
- But what iconism there is in the lower levels is the more powerful as it passes unnoticed.
- Fong passed unnoticed through the front door of the embassy and went home.
- If two subversives want to meet and pass unnoticed, then do it in the smartest, most exclusive hotel in Geneva.
- In fact several recent studies have shown that up to 15% of defective items have passed unnoticed in a 100% inspection.
- Many phrases that we feel could logically be broken up still carry hidden meanings that pass unnoticed until some one misuses them.
- Under the duress of the moment, the act of crossing the threshold into this place had passed unnoticed.
WORD FAMILYadjectivenoticeableunnoticednounnoticeverbnoticeadverbnoticeably
without being noticed: Elsa stood unnoticed at the edge of the crowd.go/pass unnoticed His remark went unnoticed by everyone except me.