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# unobserved

«unobserved» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not seen or noticed by anyone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unobserved)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not seen or noticed by anyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unobserved/#m1)

2) (science) Not yet watched or recorded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unobserved/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: a character slips away unobserved, which tells the reader nobody saw. In science: an unobserved event has not been seen or measured. In safety: young children should not be left unobserved near water.

### examples

- The cat crept into the kitchen unobserved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unobserved/#x1)
- She left the party unobserved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unobserved/#x2)
- Never leave a toddler unobserved near a pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unobserved/#x3)
- The rare bird had gone unobserved for many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unobserved/#x4)
- The thief hoped to pass unobserved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unobserved/#x5)
- Scientists set up cameras so the animals were watched, not unobserved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unobserved/#x6)

### note

Often «go unobserved», «pass unobserved», «leave unobserved». Takes «an». Similar: unseen, unnoticed. Opposite: observed.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unobserved» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unobserved/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.