Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unobserved

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: un-ob-served
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not seen or observed.

adv

Whilst not being seen or observed.

Example Sentences

"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, […]"
"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."
"The visitors we do not encourage are the many small boys who slip in unobserved and are a danger to themselves and the staff."

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 observed English unobserved From un- + observed.

Derived Forms

unobservedly

Synonyms

unseen

Questions

What does unobserved mean?: Not seen or observed.
Where does unobserved come from?: 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.

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