undetectable
/əndɪtˈɛktəbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Unable to be detected; not detectable.
Example Sentences
- "In these days of “rolled” gold, electro-plate, and undetectable pearls, it is curious that almost the only honest Ersatz material known to the goldsmith's art should be utterly forgotten."
- "A trial of scar may be justified in a woman with a previous cesarean section who is currently on HAART, has an undetectable virus and spontaneously goes into labor."
- "“OK, so for a few weeks I've been working on a bit of a side project. I give you the Red Kriegtober.” “Um--” “Or the Red Octkrieger. I can't decide. It's a narco sub for transporting cocaine. It's totally undetectable by the Coast Guard. Thoughts?”"
- "Some forms of data poisoning are undetectable. Attackers can insert adversarial noise into the training data, altering the training data in a way that is hidden to human observers."
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 detect Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English detectable English undetectable From un- + detectable.
Inflected Forms
more undetectable (comparative)
most undetectable (superlative)